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Add MS 69818
- Record Id:
- 032-002043103
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002043103
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x0002bc
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 69818
- Title:
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AIR BALLOONS: plans and drawings of air balloons by General Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier, French scientist and engineer (b.1754, d.1793); 1783-1784. French. Following the success of the 'fire-balloon' invented by the Montgolfiers in 1783 and the hydrogen-filled air balloon launched by J. A. C. Charles and the brothers Robert later the same year, Meusnier addressed the problem of the dirigible balloon and suggested the elongated shape on which the Roberts subsequently experimented. For a biographical notice of Meusnier by Gaston Darboux and reprints of his writings on aerostatics, see Mémoires de L'Académie des Sciences de L'Institut de France, Series 2, vol. LI (Paris, 1910). The drawings and tables published in the accompanying volume of plates from photographs held by the Académie des Sciences are clearly taken from another copy of those in the present manuscript, which differs only in minor details. Formerly in the Deutsche Heeresbücherei and the library of the Königlich Preussischer Generalstab (stamps cancelled). Acquired by the Map Library from the Department of Military Survey. Transferred to Manuscript Collections, 31 Oct. 1989.
Ink and coloured wash on paper backed with linen; iii+21 sheets. 316 x 620mm.
1. Sheets 1-13. 'Détails d'un Projet de Machine Aérostatique', fourteen plates with thirty-eight figures showing the construction of a balloon and gondola.
2. Sheets 14, 15. Plans and elevations of a building designed to house the balloon.
3. Sheets 16-21. Tables relating to materials employed in the construction.
- Scope & Content:
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Aeronautics: General Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier, French scientist and engineer: Plans and drawings of air balloons by Gen. Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier: 1783-1784: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002043103
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002043103
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1783
- End Date:
- 1784
- Date Range:
- 1783-1784
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Meusnier, Jean Baptiste Marie Charles, General French scientist and engineer