Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas Size:S: 45 x 30cm Sheriff 1837-8 standing in ceremonial

Sheriff 1837-8 standing in ceremonial robes

built in the 14th century

Plate 17 from the paper 'Some experiments on the fungi which constitute the colouring matter of the red snow discovered in Baffin's Bay'

Johnny Gill

Napoleon leans against the wall

Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas Size:S: 45 x 30cm Sheriff 1837-8 standing in ceremonialScene showing the inflation of a balloon by hydrogen gas piped from a barrel. The gas was produced by the reaction of sulphuric acid and iron. A preliminary balloon of this type was flown at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France on the 27 August 1783 an event witnessed by Benjamin Franklin. Plate 3 from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). Inscribed below : 'Bertault