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The principles, history & use, of air-balloons. : Also, a prospectus of Messrs. Blanchard & Baker's intended aerial voyage from the city of New-York 1796.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30099.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Balloons.
- Balloon ascensions.
- Balloons in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, 46 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Aerostation.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Printed by C.C. Van Alen for J. Fellows., 1796.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Running title: Aerostation.
- Two variants noted, one on fine paper and the other on coarse. The plate and title page of the course paper variant are printed on fine paper.
- "List of Mr. Blanchard's aerial voyages"-- pages 40-41.
- " ... a copy of the paper ... which the president [i.e., George Washington] handed Mr. Blanchard as he was stepping into the car ..."--p. 46.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 30099).
- Cited in:
- Evans 30099
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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