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Editorial Capsule design for giant space balloons unveiled as it goes into production
Editorial Qua ratione turris alicuius altitudinem deprehendas, oculo in eius sumitate existente?, Altitude measurement of a tower from the tower with a sun quadrant, Fig. 11, p. 38, 1533, Petrus Apian: Horoscopion Apiani generale dignoscendis horis cuiusqumque g...
Editorial Upper surface of the cloud sheet - 1 h. 30. - Altitude: 1400 meters February 16, 1873, Balloon Flight on 16 February 1873, Signed: A. Tissandier; P. T, Fig. 33, p. 136, Tissandier, Albert (del.); Smeeton, Burn (sc.); Tilly, Auguste (sc.), 1887, Gaston ...
Editorial Geological section of the Matterhorn with altitude information and markings of the camps Whympers, Tyndall's rope, huts and hotels, wood engraving, to p. 524.
Editorial Use of the shadow of the balloon for the verification of the law of the barometric heights, Detection method for altitude dependence of air pressure, Fig.12, p. 25, Tissandier, Albert (del.), 1887, Gaston Tissandier: Histoire de mes ascensions. R?cit d...
Editorial Painting of the vegetation of the southeastern part of the Canton of Glarus, Table on the vegetation of the southeastern part of the canton of Glarus according to soil and altitude conditions, Tab. 1, 1835, Oswald Heer: Beitr?ge zur Pflanzengeographie:...
Editorial Reproduction by rotogravure of the photograph obtained at 600 m. altitude, by MM. Gaston Tissandier and Jacques Ducom, Photograph from 600 m height by Gaston Tissander and Jacques Ducom during a flight, Fig. 73, p. 279, Tissandier, Gaston (photogr.); D...
Editorial Moonrise above the clouds. 8 pm. Altitude 2400 meters. Ascension of November 8, 1870, Moon Ballooning on November 8, 1870 (Siege of Paris), Signed: A. Tissandier; Smeeton Tilly, Fig. 24, p. 104, Tissandier, Albert (del.); Smeeton, Burn (sc.); Tilly, Au...
Editorial Air travel by Mr. G. Tissandier, Map of the route and altitude of Gaston Tissandier between Paris and Vert-St.-Denis, Signed: Grav? par Erhard; Imp. Fraillery, Fig. 90, after p. 450, Erhard (sc.); Fraillery (imp.), 1870, James Glaisher; Camille Flammar...
Editorial Appearance of the sky above the clouds of snow during the ascent of November 29, 1875. 1 h. Altitude 1770 meters, Cloud formation during balloon flight on November 29, 1875, Signed: Smeeton Tilly; A. Tissandier s, Fig. 54, p. 216, Smeeton, Burn (del.);...
Editorial Mr. Glaisher fainted in his basket at the height of 11000 meters, Unconscious James Glaisher and Henry Tracey Coxwell at about 11,000 meters altitude during the balloon ride on September 5, 1862, Signed: C. Laplante; ?mile Bayard ?, Fig. 11, p. 61, Lap...
Editorial Lunar halo and luminous cross, observed aboard the balloon Zenith, March 24, 1875 5 h. 15 min. in the morning, at the altitude of 1100 meters, Light effect observed while riding the balloon Zenith on March 24, 1875, Signed: A. T, Fig. 41, p. 157, Tissa...
Editorial Baldy Peak, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 14.234 feet above sea-level. Limit in altitude of vegetation about 11.000 feet. Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882); commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engine...
Editorial ??????? ?, Hara, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1848?49, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Overall: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (22.2 x 34.9cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797?1858 Tokyo (Edo)), The view of Mount Fuji...
Editorial Mountain Range, near Fish Lake. Altitude, 11,575 feet., William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910), 1872, Albumen silver print.
Editorial Baldy Peak, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 14,234 feet above sea-level. Limit in altitude of vegetation about 11,000 feet., Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882), 1874, Albumen silver print.
Editorial Crystal Lake, Altitude 5,907 feet, 90 miles from Sacramento, Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816 - 1908), Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916), about 1867, Albumen silver print.
Editorial Baldy Peak, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 14.234 feet above sea-level. Limit in altitude of vegetation about 11.000 feet. Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882); commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engine...
Editorial ASTRONOMICUM CAESAREUM.
Editorial Glenns Falls (No. 6 of The Hudson River Portfolio).
Editorial [The Ascent of Mont Blanc].
Editorial Quomodo Turris ad cuius Basim progredi nequeas, altitudinem dimetiaris?, Altitude measurement of a tower from afar with a sun quadrant and mirror, Fig. 15, p. 43, 1533, Petrus Apian: Horoscopion Apiani generale dignoscendis horis cuiusqumque generis ap...
Editorial Buteo augur, Print, The augur buzzard (Buteo augur) is a fairly large African bird of prey. The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the jackal buzzard, and the Archer's buzzard to be the same superspec...
Editorial Prioniturus platurus, Print, The golden-mantled racket-tail (Prioniturus platurus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or ...
Editorial Conirostrum cinereum, Print, The cinereous conebill (Conirostrum cinereum) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are...
Editorial Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
Editorial Oeneis, Print, Oeneis (the Arctics or graylings) is a butterfly genus of the Satyrinae. All but one of its members are Arctic, sub-Arctic or high-altitude alpine in distribution. Some of the members of the genus are among the butterflies that can get a...
Editorial Lioptilus nigricapillus, Print, The bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. It is monotypic within the genus Lioptilus. It is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or t...
Editorial Lioptilus atricapillus, Print, Bush blackcap, The bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. It is monotypic within the genus Lioptilus.It is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are sub...
Editorial Euscarthmus meloryphus, Print, The tawny-crowned pygmy tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habi...
Editorial Parnassius, Print, Parnassius is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also show an adaptati...
Editorial Felis lynx, Print, The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized wild cat occurring from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. It inhabits temperate and boreal forests up to an altitu...
Editorial Buteo augur, Print, The augur buzzard (Buteo augur) is a fairly large African bird of prey. The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the jackal buzzard, and the Archer's buzzard to be the same superspec...
Editorial Megalaima australis, Print, The yellow-eared barbet (Psilopogon australis) is a bird species in the Megalaimidae family native to Java and Bali. It inhabits shrubland and forest up to an altitude of 2, 000 m (6, 600 ft)., 1700-1880.
Editorial Lerwa nivicola, Print, The snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae found widely distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of India, Pakistan, Nepal and China. It is the only species within its genus. T...
Editorial Megalaima virens, Print, The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) is an Asian barbet native to the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia, where it inhabits foremost forests up to 3, 000 m (9, 800 ft) altitude. It has been listed as Least Concern on the I...
Editorial Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
Editorial Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
Editorial Diglossa major, Print, The greater flowerpiercer (Diglossa major) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the tepuis of western Guyana, eastern Venezuela and far northern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mo...
Editorial Cyrtonyx ocellatus, Print, The ocellated quail (Cyrtonyx ocellatus) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montan...
Editorial Parnassius, Print, Parnassius is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also show an adaptati...
Editorial Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
Editorial Megalaima virens, Print, The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) is an Asian barbet native to the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia, where it inhabits foremost forests up to 3, 000 m (9, 800 ft) altitude. It has been listed as Least Concern on the I...
Editorial Anthus bogotensis, Print, The paramo pipit (Anthus bogotensis) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude gr...
Editorial Baldy Peak, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 14.234 feet above sea-level. Limit in altitude of vegetation about 11.000 feet. Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882); commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engine...
Editorial [The Ascent of Mont Blanc].
Editorial [The Ascent of Mont Blanc].
Editorial Using a cross-staff. Regim:eto de navegaci:o, contiene las cosas que lo. Seville,1563. A mariner using a cross-staff to determine the altitude of the Pole star above the horizon. Image taken from Regim:eto de navegaci:o, contiene las cosas que los pil...
Editorial Foothills of mountain at altitude. Monochrome. Source: FG7086-3-10.
Editorial Altitude and temperature.
Editorial The weather. Altitude and temperature change.
Editorial Using a cross-staff. Regim:eto de navegaci:o, contiene las cosas que lo. Seville,1563. A mariner using a cross-staff to determine the altitude of the Pole star above the horizon. Image taken from Regim:eto de navegaci:o, contiene las cosas que los pil...
Editorial The Observatory at Delhi. This Observatory, the Jantar-Mantar, was built around 1724 and was one of a series of observatories built by Maharaja Savai Jai Singh II of Jaipur. In the distance is the Ram-Yantra, one of two circular structures used for cal...
Editorial "Captain Nemo taking the altitude of the sun". Standing on the deck of the submarine, 'Nautilus'. Twenty thousand Leagues under the Seas. Translated from the French With illustrations. Third edition. [Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers]. London : Sampson...
Editorial Foothills of mountain at altitude. Monochrome. Source: FG7086-3-10.
Editorial Coloured illustrated front cover of the science/romantic fiction novel by Jules Verne. The Green Ray Translated from the French by M de Hauteville. London : Sampson Low & Co., 1883. Green flashes and green rays are rare optical phenomena that occur sho...
Editorial Nagartse, a ruined fort between Shigatse and Gyantse, protected a 17th century Indian trade route from Kathmandu to Lhasa. Barley and rye grow on the fertile plain at an altitude of between 3.600 and 4.000 m.
Editorial ASTRONOMICUM CAESAREUM.
Editorial Glenns Falls (No. 6 of The Hudson River Portfolio).
Editorial [The Ascent of Mont Blanc].
Editorial ??????? ?, Hara, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1848?49, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Overall: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (22.2 x 34.9cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797?1858 Tokyo (Edo)), The view of Mount Fuji...
Editorial Altitude and temperature.
Editorial The weather. Altitude and temperature change.
Editorial Louis Paulhan in his plane during a flight (probably during the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet) in which he broke the altitude record (1209 meters), Benham Company, Anonymous, c. 1910.
Editorial View of journalist Joseph Croc?-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Z?nith, after losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen after reaching an altitude of nearly 28,000 ft., near Paris, France, April...
Editorial Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean-Baptiste Biot performing physics experiments in a balloon at 4,000 meters altitude, 1804. Woodblock engraving by E. Deschamps after Mes from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science:...
Editorial The Earl of Ilay's Equal Altitude Instrument, Jeremiah Sisson's Equatorial Sector and Mr. Cote's Equal Altitude Instrument. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Lo...
Editorial View of journalist Joseph Croc?-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Z?nith, after losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen after reaching an altitude of nearly 28,000 ft., near Paris, France, April...
Editorial PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH INSTRUMENT AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, LONDON, UK, 1847.
Editorial Altitude. Part of Deadwood as seen from big flume, showing steps, stairways, and roads from store to residence, John C. H. Grabill was an american photographer. In 1886 he opened his first photographic studio.
Editorial MR. A.OE. PRATT'S TRAVELS IN WESTERN CHINA AND TIBET: COLLECTORS AND TENT ON THE MOUNTAINS, ALTITUDE 13500 FEET.
Editorial TA-CHIEN-LU, A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, ALTITUDE 8400 FEET.
Editorial Albania. Kruje_ is found at an altitude of 600 m, on the foot of Mount Kruje_ "Mali i Kruje_s" of the Kruje_ Gorge.
Editorial Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The Soviet Single-engine Aircraft Polikarpov I-16, called Fly and Rat. Monomotor sovi?tico Polikarpov I-16, llamado mosca y rata. Speed 400 km/h . Maximum altitude 5,000 m. 2 machine-guns.