EditorialBlanchard rushes on the rope of the basket, Hot air balloon by Jean-Pierre Blanchard with parachute 1785, Signed: Tellier; A. Tissandier, Fig. 25, p. 113, Tissandier, Albert (dess.); Tellier, Edmond (sc.), 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des...
EditorialParachute Descent, Parachute jump by Andr?-Jacques Garnerin on October 22, 1797, Signed: R. E. Scherer ?; Claverie, Fig. 48, p. 265, Claverie (sc.), 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons et des ascensions c?l?bres avec une pr?face de N...
EditorialThe balloon forming parachute, Hot air balloon during a flight, Signed: A. Tissandier; Sargent, Fig. 6, p. 31, Tissandier, Albert (del.); Sargent (sc.), 1870, James Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid de Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier: Voyages a?riens....
EditorialClosed parachute, Closed parachute and hot air balloon by Andr?-Jacques Garnerin before the jump on October 22, 1797 above the Parkc Monceau in Paris, Signed: CL; R. E. Scherer ?, Fig. 59, p. 329, 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons ...
EditorialOpen parachute, Parachute jump by Andr? Jacques Garnerin on October 22, 1797 in Paris, Signed: R. E. Scherer ?; CL, Fig. 62, p. 352, 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons et des ascensions c?l?bres avec une pr?face de Nadar: dessins de...
EditorialFirst experience of the parachute, made by Sebastien Lenormand who threw himself from the top of the Montpellier Observatory tower, Louis-S?bastien Lenormand parachutes from the Tour de la Babote at Montpellier, Signed: H. R, Fig. 49, p. 273, 1876, Alf...
EditorialThe National Parachute. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 337 ? 240 mm (image); 352 ? 250 mm (plate); 372 ? 280 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England.
EditorialMr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Green in that fatal parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's, July 24th, 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens. And has made twenty-seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th, ...
EditorialTo his royal highness Fredrick Duke of York, this plate of Satan holding th prepondrence of power or Bounaparte's threat, is most humbly inscribed, by E. Sanders, engraving 1803, Satan holding a balance to which, on one end is attached a hot-air balloo...
EditorialThe National Parachute. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 337 ? 240 mm (image); 352 ? 250 mm (plate); 372 ? 280 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England.
EditorialPhotograph - 'King Edward VII Leaving the Ground', Sears Photo, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Feb 1908, Copy photograph of the Hot Air Balloon 'Kind Edward VII' leaving the arena at the Exhibition Building in February 1908. As part of the A.N.A.'s Ex...
EditorialPtychozoon homalocephala, Print, Ptychozoon is a genus of arboreal geckos, endemic to Southeast Asia, known commonly as flying geckos, gliding geckos, or parachute geckos. They are lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The Ptychozoon's biogeographic histor...
EditorialCryptocerus, Print, Cephalotes is a Neotropical genus of tree-dwelling ant species, commonly known as turtle ants. All appear to be gliding ants, with the ability to "parachute" and steer their fall so as to land back on the tree trunk rather than fall...
EditorialUntitled. Robert Rauschenberg; American, 1925-2008. Date: 1950-1960. Dimensions: 172.7 ? 139.7 cm (68 ? 55 in.). Oil, house paint, paper, fabric, and printed reproductions, with sock and parachute on canvas. Origin: United States.
EditorialThe National Parachute. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 337 ? 240 mm (image); 352 ? 250 mm (plate); 372 ? 280 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England.
EditorialUntitled. Robert Rauschenberg; American, 1925-2008. Date: 1950-1960. Dimensions: 172.7 ? 139.7 cm (68 ? 55 in.). Oil, house paint, paper, fabric, and printed reproductions, with sock and parachute on canvas. Origin: United States.
EditorialThe National Parachute. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 337 ? 240 mm (image); 352 ? 250 mm (plate); 372 ? 280 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England.
EditorialPen-and-ink drawing showing a man with a parachute. Della providentia della chuera. Early 16th century. Source: Add. 34113, f.200v. Language: Italian.
EditorialBaldwin's drop from the sky. Thomas Scott Baldwin, the first american to descend from a balloon by parachute. This was his tenth jump. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscella. London, 1888. A poster for an event at Alexandra Palace, for Bald...
EditorialIn 1802, Andre-Jacques Garnerin ascended in his balloon from the Volunteer Ground in Grosvenor Square and made a parachute descent to a field near St Pancras. Two diagrams. . A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspape. 1780?-1810?. The balloon ...
EditorialThe grand air balloon. Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Sheldon ascending in a balloon on the 16 October, 1784. A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspape. 1780?-1810?. The grand air balloon as it ascended with Messrs. Blanchard & John Sheldon, f...
EditorialMr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Green in that fatal parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's, July 24th, 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens. And has made twenty-seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th, ...
EditorialTo his royal highness Fredrick Duke of York, this plate of Satan holding th prepondrence of power or Bounaparte's threat, is most humbly inscribed, by E. Sanders, engraving 1803, Satan holding a balance to which, on one end is attached a hot-air balloo...
EditorialEtienne and Joseph Montgolfier's hot-air balloon 1, and brazier a, Professor Jacques Charles's balloon and gondola 2, hydrogen-gas mechanism b, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard with his parachute 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Ber...
EditorialAndre-Jacques Garnerin and his parachute: closed for ascent beneath a balloon, and open for descent. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialRobert Cocking's ill-fated inverted cone parachute, 1837. Woodblock engraving by C. M. after Lara from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialSebastien Lenormand makes the first parachute descent from the tower of Montpelier observatory, December 1783. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after SKKL from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloon...
EditorialJacques Garnerin (1769-1823), balloonist and inventor of the parachute. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after E. Thomas from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialJacques Garnerin descends by parachute from a released balloon, October 1797. Woodblock engraving by Mes after SKI from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialDescent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard's hydrogen balloon, 2 March 1784, near Paris. Balloon with parachute and flapping wings. Handcolored engraving from Louis Figuier's "Merveilles de la Science: Les Aerostats," Paris, 1870.
EditorialExperimental descent by parachute from a balloon by the Jacques Garnerin, October 1797. Handcolored engraving by Bescherer from Sircos and Pallier's "Histoire des Ballons," Roy, Paris, 1870.
EditorialTo his royal highness Fredrick Duke of York, this plate of Satan holding th prepondrence of power or Bounaparte's threat, is most humbly inscribed, by E. Sanders, engraving 1803, Satan holding a balance to which, on one end is attached a hot-air balloo...
EditorialMr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Green in that fatal parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's, July 24th, 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens. And has made twenty-seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th, ...