The principles, history & use, of air-balloons : Also, a prospectus of Messrs. Blanchard & Baker's intended aerial voyage from the city of New-York 1796.
| Author/creator | Blanchard, Jean-Pierre |
| Other author | Baker, Gardiner, 1761-1798 |
| Other author | Washington, George, 1732-1799. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed by C.C. Van Alen for J. Fellows, 1796. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, 46 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30099. ^A478749 |
| General note | Running title: Aerostation. |
| General note | Two variants noted, one on fine paper and the other on coarse. The plate and title page of the course paper variant are printed on fine paper. |
| General note | "List of Mr. Blanchard's aerial voyages"-- p. 40-41. |
| General note | " ... a copy of the paper ... which the president [i.e., George Washington] handed Mr. Blanchard as he was stepping into the car ..."--p. 46. |
| References | Evans 30099 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30099). |
| Other title | Aerostation. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |