4 0 c m
37cm
actual image size: 29cm x 32cm
Description
Printed woodcut from 'The Illustrated London News', after a daguerrotype by Mayall, showing four men in the car of a balloon waiting to ascend. Scientific ballooning was pioneered in Britain by the meterologist James Glaisher, (1809-1903) who persuaded the British Asociation for the Advancement of Science to sponsor a research programme to explore the Earth's upper atmosphere in 1862.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10411170
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