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Image Title: Aerostat Dirigeable Systeme Vaussin Chardanne, Brevet Nouveaux Procedes De Direction Aerienne Presente A L?institut De France, 1852

Creator: Vaussin-Chardanne, designer

Date: 1852.

Summary: Scaled design drawings for patent issued to Vaussin Chardanne in 1853 for an airship operated by means of six propellers and having accommodations for passengers on two levels. Airship proposal presented to the Institut de France in 1852. (Source: Arthur G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).

Subjects: Airships--French--1850-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

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