Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics 1539-1929 (bulk 1780-1920)

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Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics, 1539-1929, (bulk 1780-1920)

Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics 1539-1929 (bulk 1780-1920)

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Collection of items gathered by Gaston Tissandier, an aeronaut and scientist, with additions by his brother, Albert Tissandier, an artist and aeronaut, and his son, Paul Tissandier, also an aeronaut. Includes the collection of J. F. Dupuis-Delcourt, an airship builder, brought together prior to 1860 and later purchased by Gaston Tissandier. Mostly in French, the collection pertains primarily to balloon flights of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but also includes material concerning early heavier-than-air flight and the aeronautical career of Gaston and Albert Tissandier as well as art work of Albert Tissandier.

8,000 items; 27 containers plus 17 oversize; 14 linear feet

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Holland, Robert, fl. 1836-1869

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Margat, Jean, 1786-1854

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Conté, Nicolas Jacques 1755-1805

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Giffard, Henri, 1825-1882

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Arban, Francesco

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Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823

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Société Aéronautique et Météorologique de France.

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Tissandier, Paul, 1881- Tissandier collection on the history of aeronautics. 1539-1929

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Tissandier, Albert, 1839-1906

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Green, Charles, 1785-1870

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