Slide set: The conquest of the air: chapter I -- balloons (lecture: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910)
W. Butcher & Sons, England
The conquest of the air: chapter I – balloons (London: W. Butcher & Sons, 1910)
continued by The conquest of the air: chapter II -- dirigibles (lecture: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910)
Primus junior lecturers' series, number 795
RIGAUD, John Francis (1742-1810) – creator of source image(s), slide 2
BIGGIN, George (fl. 1780s) – slide 2
LUNARDI, Vincenzo (1759-1806) – slide 2
SAGE, Mrs Letitia (fl. 1780s) – slide 2
6 slides known to exist in private collection
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