Sujet
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac's hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900). Artist: Unknown
Légende
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac's hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) reached a height of 7016m and confirmed many of the observations he and Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1864) made on their flight of 20 August 1804. Theirs was the the first balloon ascent made specifically for scientific purposes and they studied the composition of the air and the effect of altitude on terrestrial magnetism.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C24_005
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (4,1Mo) / 30,5cm x 41,0cm / 3602 x 4846 (300dpi)