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Image Title: Navire Aerien Dirigeable. Systeme J.B. Metivier, Force Ascensionnelle 90,000 Kos., 1857

Creator: M?tivier, J. B., designer

Date: 1857

Summary: Scaled design drawing for a patent submitted by J.B. Metivier shows two cross-sections for a fish shaped airship utilizing balloons, sails, bellows, and propellers to transport passengers. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, L.C. staff, 1981-82.)

Subjects: Airships--French--1850-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

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