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Inflation of Charles and the Robert brothers' hydrogen balloon, 1783 (c1807).
Inflation of Charles and the Robert brothers' hydrogen balloon, 1783 (c1807). Jean and Noel Robert helping Jacques Charles (1746-1823) to inflate the balloon with hydrogen produced by covering a barrel of iron filings with sulphuric acid. On 1 December 1783 Charles and one of brothers made the first manned ascent in a hydrogen balloon, lifting off from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.
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AR920580
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2657px × 3912px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
acid
AERONAUTICS
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Balloon
ballooning
balloonist
Barrel
BARRELS
Black & White
Black and white
CHARLES
CHEMICAL
Chemicals
Chemistry
concept
country
eighteenth century
ELEMENT
Engraving
FIRST
FLIGHT
France
French
gas
HYDROGEN
hydrogen balloon
ILE-DE-FRANCE
Inflation
Iron
Jacques
Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
Jacques Charles
JEAN
Jean Robert
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Metal
Monochrome
noel
Noel Robert
oil of vitriol
PARIS
People
Pioneer
Print Collector1
robert
Science
sulphuric acid
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