Print by , rue Saint Jacques, Paris Miolan and Janinet's aerostatic machine blaze, Sunday 11th July 1784 Coloured etching with frame (62 x cm) Muller-Quênot Collection Miolan the priest and Janinet the engraver, both physicists, built a large hot-air balloon with a side opening at the Paris Observatory. On 11th July 1784, Parisians flocked to Luxembourg to witness the experiment. Whilst the balloon was being inflated, a current of air, probably created by a side opening in the envelope, set the aerostat on fire. The spectators who had paid three pounds to watch the experiment
Print by , rue Saint Jacques, Paris Miolan and Janinet's aerostatic machine blaze, Sunday 11th July 1784 Coloured etching with frame (62 x cm) Muller-Quênot Collection Miolan the priest and Janinet the engraver, both physicists, built a large hot-air balloon with a side opening at the Paris Observatory. On 11th July 1784, Parisians flocked to Luxembourg to witness the experiment. Whilst the balloon was being inflated, a current of air, probably created by a side opening in the envelope, set the aerostat on fire. The spectators who had paid three pounds to watch the experiment rushed into the enclosure and completely destroyed the balloon and the equipment. As a result, the priest and Janinet were subjects of caricature drawings with Miolan drawn like a cat and Janinet as a donkey. We can see them fleeing the scene in the bottom left of this etching.
Size: 4292px × 3584px
Photo credit: © Photo12 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: accident, balloon, blaze, crash, fire, flame, hot-air, print, rescue
