EditorialFran?ois Pilatre de Rozier. Born in Metz on March 30, 1756. Died near Boulogne sur Mer on June 15, 1785, Portrait of Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier (1754-1785), aviation pioneer, Fig. 14, p. 53, Tissandier, Albert (dess.), 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pal...
EditorialDeath of Pil?tre de Rozier, Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier and Pierre Romain after the crash of their hot air balloon on 15 June 1785, Signed: Tellier: CL, Fig. 39, p. 193, Tellier, Edmond (sc.), 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons ...
EditorialAerostatic experience. Made in Lyon in January 1784, with a balloon hundred feet in diameter, Flight of the hot-air balloon 'Le Flesselle' on 19 January 1784 with Joseph Michel de Montgolfier and Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier in Lyon, Signed: Yves & ...
EditorialTomb of Pil?tre de Rozier, Tomb of Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier and Pierre Romain in Vinille near Boulogne-sur-mer, Signed: Gotlain?, del, Baugran, ?, sculp, Fig. 36, p. 181, 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons et des ascensions c...
EditorialAscent of Pil?tre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, First free balloon trip by Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier and Fran?ois d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783 in the garden of La Muette Castle in Passy (Paris), Signed: Tremelat, Fig. 13, p. 49, Tremela...
EditorialBalloon of Pil?tre de Rozier, A?ro-Montgolfi?re, Balloon 'Tour de Calais' by Jean-Fran?ois Pil?tre de Rozier, Signed: Tellier ?, Fig. 37, p. 185, Tellier, Edmond (sc.), 1876, Alfred Sircos; Th. Pallier: Histoire des ballons et des ascensions c?l?bres a...
EditorialGrape harvest Title page for: Rozier, Cours complet d'agriculture (...) ou Dictionnaire Universel d'agriculture, 1800, In a vineyard on the right, workers harvest the grapes. A woman on the left and a man on the right carry the grapes in a basket on th...
EditorialPrint shows the death of balloonists Jean-Fran?ois Pilatre de Rozier and Jules Romain when their Royal Balloon crashed near Boulogne, France, June 15, 1785, in what is considered the first aerial disaster.
EditorialHead-and-shoulders portrait of Prince de Ligne, who was on board the balloon La Fresselle, Jan. 19, 1784, with Joseph Montgolfier and Pilatre de Rozier.
EditorialPrint shows the death of balloonists Jean-Fran?ois Pilatre de Rozier and Jules Romain when their Royal Balloon crashed near Boulogne, France, June 15, 1785, in what is considered the first aerial disaster.
EditorialPilatre de Rozier, French balloon pioneer. 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.
EditorialDeaths of Pilatre de Rozier and Pierre Romain in a balloon crash near Boulogne, June 1785. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after Lara from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et...
EditorialHead-and-shoulders portrait of Prince de Ligne, who was on board the balloon La Fresselle, Jan. 19, 1784, with Joseph Montgolfier and Pilatre de Rozier.
EditorialPrint shows the death of balloonists Jean-Fran?ois Pilatre de Rozier and Jules Romain when their Royal Balloon crashed near Boulogne, France, June 15, 1785, in what is considered the first aerial disaster.