Tissandier, Albert, 1839-1906
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Gaston Tissandier
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1843, Nov. 21:
Born, Paris, France -
circa1860 -63 :Graduated, Lycée Bonaparte, Paris, France Studied chemistry with P. P. Dehérain, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France Graduated, the Sorbonne, Paris, France -
1864:
Appointed director, Laboratoire d'essai et d'analyse de l'union nationale, Paris, France -
1867:
Published L'eau. Paris: Hachette -
1868, Aug.16:
First balloon flight, with aeronaut Durouf -
1869 -1870 :Published with P. P. Dehérain Traité élémentaire de chimie. Paris: Hachette -
1870 -1871 :Made balloon flights out of Paris with brother Albert Tissandier during the Franco-Prussian War; the Tissandiers directed aerial observation for the Army of the Loire in the latter months of the war -
1871:
Published Les merveilles de la photographie. Paris: Hachette -
1872:
Published Les ballons dirigibles. Paris: Dentu Made chevalier of the Legion d'honneur -
1873 -1897 :Founder and editor of La nature -
1875, Apr. 15:
Ill-fated flight of the balloon Zenith, aeronauts Gaston Tissandier, Croce-Spinelli, and Sivel -
1876:
Received la grand médaille d'or from the Société française de navigation aérienne which he also served as president -
1878 -1888 :Published nine editions of Histoire de mes ascensions. Paris: Dreyfous -
1881:
Exhibited a working model of an electric-powered, propeller-driven dirigible, L'exposition d'électricité, Paris, France -
1883, Oct. 8:
With his brother, Albert, successfully piloted the first electric-powered dirigible, La France, designed and constructed by the Tissandiers -
1883:
Published L'ocean aérien; études météorologiques. Paris: Masson -
1885:
Published Les ballons dirigible: application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne. Paris: Tremblay -
1887:
Published Bibliographie aéronautique. Paris: Hachette -
1887 -1890 :Published Histoire des ballons et des aéronautes célèbres. Paris: Launette -
1889:
Appointed member of commission for military aviation, French Ministry of War -
1890:
Appointed member of commission for civil aviation, French Ministry of the Interior -
1899, Aug. 30 (?):
Died, Paris, France
From the guide to the Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics, 1539-1929, (bulk 1780-1920), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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| creatorOf | Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics, 1539-1929, (bulk 1780-1920) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified | Houghton Library |
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Death 1906-09-05
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