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Napoleon leans against the wall
Also showing a drover with livestock
William Thompson (1792-1854) was Lord Mayor of London in 1828-1829
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
Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas Size:S: 45 x 30cm Napoleon leans against the wallScene 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
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