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Andree's balloon expedition in search of the North pole

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2491
Author
Lachambre, Henri,
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
629.13322 A555
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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
Websites
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Ballooning

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3231
Author
Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard,
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
629.13322 G444
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Author
Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Penguin Books,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
39, [1] p. illus. (part col.) 19 cm.
Series
The King penguin books, K 36
Notes
Bibliography: p. [40]
Subjects
Balloon ascensions.
Aeronautics
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
629.13322 G444
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2483
Corporate Author
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
533.6 B639
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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
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John Wise a man before his time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14233
Author
Kelly, Richard
Call Number
905.748 SM (July 1982).
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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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The John Wise story

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1175
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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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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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
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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
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