Papers relating to early balloons, c.1790-1859

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Containers:
Box 20
Component identifier:
File 89
Content Summary:
Includes printed verse 'An air balloon', c.1790; and handwritten notes 'Short account of an aerostatic voyage', c.1804; poster advertising the Journey of the Great Balloon as entertainment, 1837; letter from J J O Taylor to the NSW Surveyor General's Office proposing survey by balloon, 1837; letter of balloonist James Glaisher, 1867; file of biographical and bibliographical notes apparently on balloonists, in French and German.

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Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. Copying for research purposes is permitted for material created by E A and V I Crome. Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is generally permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material. Written permission to publish unpublished manuscript material must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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