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 InfoNew-York : Printed by C.C. Van Alen for J. Fellows, 1796.
Description2 unnumbered pages, 46 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 30099. ^A478749
General noteRunning title: Aerostation.
General noteTwo 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 formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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 titleAerostation.

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