Image Title: Le Veritable Navigateur Aerien, circa 1790
Creator: Stoupy Bijou, L. J., designer
Date: 1790?
Summary: Design drawing for an airship navigational system project by Stoupy Bijou consisting of five balloons fastened to a sixty foot mast, a rudder, two 12 foot long oars, and two polygonal vanes to control the rise and fall of the airship. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
Subjects: Airships--1790
Original Media: Etching
Collections: Tissandier Collection » more info...
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