Sujet
Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870). Artist: Unknown
Légende
Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870). Biot (1774-1864) and Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) are shown making measurements at a height of 4000 metres during their balloon ascent of 20 August 1804. This was the first balloon ascent made specifically for scientific purposes, studying the composition of the air and the effect of altitude on terrestrial magnetism. From Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1870).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1870
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_092
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,9Mo) / 30,9cm x 40,5cm / 3655 x 4781 (300dpi)