A narrative of the two aerial voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard : with meteorological observations and remarks : the first voyage, on the thirtieth of November, 1784 from London into Kent : the second, on the seventh of January, 1785, from England into France / by Doctor Jeffries ; presented to the Royal Society, April 14, 1785; and read before them, January, 1786
Title:
Two aerial voyages of Dr. Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard
A narrative of the two aerial voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard : with meteorological observations and remarks : the first voyage, on the thirtieth of November, 1784, from London into Kent : the second, on the seventh of January, 1785, from England into France / by Doctor Jeffries ; presented to the Royal Society, April 14, 1785, and read before them, January, 1786
Ausführlicher Bericht der mit höchster Bewilligung Sr. k.k. Majestät in Wien den 6ten July 1791 unternommenen 38ten Luftreise vom Herrn Blanchard, adoptirten Bürger von Calais und Grossenzerstorf, Pensionär Sr. allerchristlichsten Majestät
This item is a ledger containing early American estates, including John Jeffries.
Biographical / Historical:
American Dr. John Jeffries and French Jean Pierre Blanchard were the first to aerially cross the English Channel. They made their quarrelsome journey in 1785 in a Charliere hydrogen balloon.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
National Air and Space Museum Aeronautics Division, transfer, unknown, 1991-0001, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
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This collection consists of a scrapbook, largely concerned with ballooning in France. Many items in the scrapbook are illustrations of early balloon flights, and there are illustrations of imaginary air vehicles, some of which are quite fanciful. The scrapbook also contains content pertaining to airships and aircraft.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a scrapbook, largely concerned with ballooning in France. Many items in the scrapbook are illustrations of early balloon flights, and there are illustrations of imaginary air vehicles, some of which are quite fanciful. Most of the text in the scrapbook is in French, although some of the text is in English and there is a very small amount in German. The scrapbook also contains some material on early aircraft and aviation up through the early 1930s. The scrapbook features information on balloons and ascensions relating to Sadler (James), Coutelle (Jean), Garnerin (André), Garnerin (Elisa), Blanchard (Jean-Pierre), Blanchard (Madeleine-Sophie), Blanchard-Jeffries, Nadar (Félix Tournachon), and the Montgolfier Brothers. Content also pertains to airships, including Renard (Charles) & Krebs (Arthur), "La France;" SCA (Stabilimento di Costruzione Aeronautiche), N.1 "Norge;" and the LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin." Aircraft shown in the scrapbook includes the Dewoitine D.1 C1, Blériot XI, Blériot XII, Curtiss and Wright biplanes, Breguet-Richet Gyroplane, Breguet Bre.280 T, Dornier Do R Superwal (Super Whale), and the Short S.5 Singapore Mk.I. Notable people depicted in the scrapbook, other than those previously listed, include Ernst Udet, Dieudonné Costes, Jacques-Louis Dusmesnil, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Georges Pelletier d'Oisy, and Maurice Bellonte.
Note: Blank pages have not been digitally reproduced in slideshow, any gaps in numbering are due to their omission. Pages have been rotated to the orientation of their contents for easier viewing.
Arrangement:
Collection is in original order.
Provenance:
F. R. Wright, Purchase, 1943, NASM.XXXX.0254.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box) (1 flatbox))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Publications
Clippings
Postcards
Date:
[ca 1600s-1930s]
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes early ballooning material as well as photographs of early 20th century French pilots. The ballooning material includes material from Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Joseph Montgolfier and Eugene and Louis Godard. The early photographs include the following aviators: Louis Blériot, and Jules Védrines. The following types of material are included: photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, and books.
Biographical / Historical:
Georges Naudet (June 9, 1900 - May 22, 1983) was a French businessman who was passionately interested in the early history of ballooning and aviation. An amateur in the field of aviation history, he became an avid collector and author.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
George Naudet Estate, purchase, 1984, XXXX-0479, NASM
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Jean-Piere Blanchard, physicien-aéronaute : Les Andelys, 4 juillet 1753, Paris, 7 mars 1809 : biographie et iconographie / par Léon Coutil, correspondant du Ministère de l'instruction publique
Jean-Pierre Blanchard, physicien-aéronaute : Les Andelys, 4 juillet 1753, Paris, 7 mars 1809 : biographie et iconographie / par Léon Coutil, correspondant du Ministère de l'instruction publique
Journal and certificates on the fourth voyage of Mr. Blanchard who ascended from the Royal Military Academy, at Chelsea, the 16th of October, 1784, at 9 minutes past twelve o'clock, and was accompanied, as far as Sunbury, by John Sheldon ... and, from Sunbury, continued his voyage, alone, to Rumsey, in Hampshire Dedicated, by permission, to His Grace, the Duke of Northumberland
Title:
Fourth voyage--Blanchard DSI
Account of, and observations on, Mr. Blanchard's fourth aerial voyage
The first air voyage in America; the times, the place, and the people of the Blanchard balloon voyage of January 9, 1793, Philadelphia to Woodbury, together with a facsimile reprinting of the Journal of my forty-fifth ascension and the first in America, by Jean Pierre Blanchard