Etienne and Joseph Montgolfier's hot-air balloon 1, and brazier a, Professor Jacques Charles's balloon and gondola 2, hydrogen-gas mechanism b, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard with his parachute 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802.

---

Size: 4869px × 6064px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 18th, aeronaut, balloon, bertuch, bilderbuch, blanchard, book, bothers, brazier, century, charles, children, copperplate, educational, encyclopedia, engraving, etienne, flight, friedrich, fur, gondola, handcoloured, history, hot-air, hydrogen-gas, illustration, jacques, jean-pierre, johann, joseph, kinder, montgolfier, natural, parachute, picture, pioneers, professor, travel