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A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons

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Author: Wise, John,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Call Number: 629.13322 W812

Responsibility: By John Wise ...

Author: Wise, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J.A. Speel,

Date of Publication: 1850.

Physical Description: xvi, [17]-310 p. front. (port.) plates. 23 cm.

Notes: An enlarged edition was issued in 1873 under title "Through the air."

Access Restrictions: Restricted acess;

Subjects: Aeronautics; Balloon ascensions; Balloons.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 629.13322 W812

The John Wise story

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Author: Andrews, John H.

Date of Publication: 1955.

the chance to do other than just read about and dream of these daring aerial experi- ments of other and older men. He possessed the spirit to do something about it. Sensational as were all of the balloon ascensions at that time, the press was prepared to lavish glowing accounts of the success or

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Responsibility: by John H. Andrews.

Author: Andrews, John H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: [109]-148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 5

Subjects: Wise, John, - 1808-1879.; Balloon ascensions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 5 (1955), p. 109-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59

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The first air voyage in America; the times, the place, and the people of the Blanchard balloon voyage of January 9, 1793, Philadelphia to Woodbury, together with a fac simile reprinting of the Journal of my forty-fifth ascension and the first in America

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Corporate Author: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Date of Publication: 1943.

Call Number: 533.6 B639

Responsibility: by Jean Pierre Blanchard.

Corporate Author: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: 60, 27 p. incl. front., 1 illus., plates, port., map, facsim. pl. 21 cm.

Notes: "The first air voyage in America" (p. [7]-60) was written by Carroll Frey for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, from whose present property the voyage was made.; "The original Journal copied is the one in the Ridgway Library of the Library Company of Philadelphia, except for the copy of the frontispiece engraving in the collection of the American Philosophical Society."--p. 59.

Subjects: Balloon ascensions.

Additional Author: Frey, Carroll,; Blanchard, Jean-Pierre,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 533.6 B639

Andree's balloon expedition in search of the North pole

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Author: Lachambre, Henri,

Date of Publication: 1898.

Call Number: 629.13322 A555

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Responsibility: by Henri Lachambre and Alexis Machuron

Author: Lachambre, Henri,

Uniform Title: Andree.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: F.A. Stokes

Date of Publication: 1898.

Physical Description: 306 p. incl. illus., plates, port. front. 19 cm.

Notes: Translation of: Andree : au p^ole nord en ballon.; Andree's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three Swedish expedition members S. A. Andree, Knut Fraenkel, and Nils Strindberg perished. Andree, the first Swedish balloonist, proposed a voyage by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, which was to pass, with luck, straight over the North Pole on the way. The scheme was received with patriotic enthusiasm in Sweden, a northern nation that had fallen behind in the race for the North Pole. [from Wikipedia]

Subjects: Andree, Salomon August, - 1854-1897.; Balloon ascensions.; North Pole.

Additional Author: Machuron, Alexis.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 629.13322 A555

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John Wise a man before his time

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Author: Kelly, Richard

Call Number: 905.748 SM (July 1982).

Responsibility: by Richard Kelly.

Author: Kelly, Richard

Physical Description: 21-27 p.

Notes: In: Susquehanna Magazine (July 1982).

Subjects: Wise, John, - 1808-1879.; Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Balloon ascensions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 SM (July 1982).

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Object ID: MG0019

Date Range: 1850-1993

became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard. In the

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Description: The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.

Admin/Biographical History: As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.; A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard.; In the nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.; It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.; John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.; Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.; Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged into two series.; Series 1 John Wise; Series 2 History of Ballooning

Date Range: 1850-1993

Creation Date: 1850-1993

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1850-1993

Creator: Andrews, John H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Albertson, Catherine; Andrews, John Henry; Atkinson, S. C.; Bache, Hartman; Ball, Charles I.; Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.; Batchelder, Robert C.; Beckwith, A.; Beller, William; Black, J. W.; Blanchard, Jean Pierre; Blitzstein, Madelin; Bradbury, Ray; Brown, Elizabeth B.; Bruce, George; Burlingame, Roger; Burr, George; Byars, W. W.; Casey, Louis; Cessna, Clyde; Coffman, Ramon; Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III; Cox, Palmer; Douty, Esther; Douty, Esther M.; Drepperd, Carl W.; Edwards, Vincent; Elvin, Thomas; Evans, William; Field, Francis J.; Fischer, Hans; Fleck, Glen; French, Melvin; Galzer, Emmett J.; Gambetta, Francis Leon; Greeley, A. W.; Grimm, Janet; Gryzewski, Tad; Halmi, Robert; Harrell, D. Tudor; Hautrive, M.; Hayden, F. Stansbury; Hopkins, Philip S.; Hunt, E. F.; Ingle, Harold E.; Kehr, Ernest A.; Keith, Barbara; Kessler, F. W.; Klein, Frederic S.; Kouwenhoven, John A.; Kreider, Ira; Kriebel, Robert C.; Kriebel, Robert G.; Lamorisse, Albert; LaPaz, Lincoln; Lindbergh, Charles; Lindquist, H. L.; Long, Elmer R.; Lundgren, Laura May Gross; Madsen, Peter; Maier, Alfred D.; Maxwell, George T.; McCloskey, Lores; McDevitt, William; Mills, James; Myers, Wilfred; Naves, Glen W.; Nicklin, John; Pasquarella, Gus; Peers, W.; Prevost, John W.; Roland, John; Rosenfeld, Albert; Sanabria, Nicolas; Schatvet, H. C.; Serviss, Garrett P.; Smith, Philip R., Jr.; Stehling, Kurt R; Steinmetz, Rollin; Stilphen, George F.; Taylor, Florence; Thompson, Howard; Topping, A.D.; Waitt, Robert; Warner, B. H.; Watson, Marion A.; Wetherill, Richard B.; Whipple, A. W.; Wilbur, W. H.; Wise, John; Wiseman, Frederick J.; Wolcott, Charles; Wolf, Constance; Woodruff, J. C.; Wright, Wilbur; Young, Pearl

Other Creators: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Subjects: Hot air balloons; Hot air balloons--Launching; Airships; Aeronautics; Letters; Air mail service; Hindenburg (Airship); Reconnaissance aircraft; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Aeronautics; Air mail service; Airships; Aviation; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Hindenburg (Airship); Hot air balloons; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Reconnaissance aircraft

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0019

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-19

Classification: MG0019

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.

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Balloons / ballooning - Information file

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Call Number: Information file - Balloons / ballooning

Notes: Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.

Subjects: Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Ballooning - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Information File

Call Number: Information file - Balloons / ballooning

A history of aeronautics in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Krantz, William E.

Date of Publication: 1986

transportation, the legendary Jesse P. Jones settled in Lancaster and established the first real airport. Since that time, Lancaster has continued to have one of the best airports in this part of the United States. From the early balloon ascensions, to the present status of private and commercial air

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Responsibility: by William E. Krantz.

Author: Krantz, William E.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 118-189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 3

Summary: Contents: The John Wise era - 19th century, balloons; Aeroplanes visit Lancaster County beginning in 1911; Early commercial airfields; The Jones era (barnstormers); A municipally owned commercial airfield; War clouds (WWII); The Post War Years; The new enlarged Lancaster municipal airport. There is a bibliography

Subjects: Wise, John, - 1808-1879.; Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.); Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 3 (1986), p. 118-189Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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The John Wise story

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The first air voyage in America; the times, the place, and the people of the Blanchard balloon voyage of January 9, 1793, Philadelphia to Woodbury, together with a fac simile reprinting of the Journal of my forty-fifth ascension and the first in America

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Andree's balloon expedition in search of the North pole

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John Wise a man before his time

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Balloons / ballooning - Information file

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A history of aeronautics in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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