NDLI: Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens ... H. Brading, Proprietor ... has, at the solicitation of several scientific gentlemen, prevailed on Mr. Gypson, who will ... make an experimental trip, in the Royal Standard balloon, on Monday next, June 3, at ten o'clock at night! ...

Content Provider	Library of Congress - Photographs
Spatial Coverage	England
Description	Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at night by Richard Gypson from the Royal Standard Tavern, England, on June 3, 1839. In addition, "Mr. Blanchard, a descendant of the celebrated Mons. Blanchard, the Inventor of the Parachute," will demonstrate the safe use of a parachute by a balloonist in the event of an explosion. Text also describes other activities that will take place during the evening.
File Format	JPG / JPEG
Language	English
Part of Series	Tissandier Collection
Requires	HTML5 supported browser
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	Balloon ascensions--England--1830-1840.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	Gypson, Richard--Public appearances--England--1830-1840.
Content Type	Image
Resource Type	Photograph

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