Paterson's album of balloons.
Cooper, Royston.
Edinburgh : J. Paterson and Son Limited, 6 Melville Crescent,
[1961?]
Includes spaces for mounting 48 "cards painted and described by Royston Cooper." Two pages on "Ballooning," by Anthony Smith.
Cards: -- 1. An early vision -- 2. Famous flying boat 1670 -- 3. Montgolfière at Versailles -- 4. First free balloon flight -- 5. First hydrogen balloon -- 6. Le balon de Franconville -- 7. 'Fish' balloon in Spain -- 8. Balloon of war -- 9. Crosbie's 'aeronautic chariot' -- 10. Bredin's dirigible 1784 -- 11. Balloon of De la Motte -- 12. Balloon 1785 -- 13. An idea for controlled balloon flight -- 14. The first balloon to cross over water -- 15. Mr. Lunardi's new balloon -- 16. Jubilee balloon -- 17. English channel attempt -- 18. Multiple balloons -- 19. Balloon city 1803 -- 20. Montgolfière balloon 1800 -- 21. Project using eagles -- 22. Revolutionary balloon -- 23. First parachute -- 24. Balloon in honour of Napoleon -- 25. Italian balloon -- 26. La Speranza -- 27. Ascent of James Sadler at Oxford -- 28. Balloon flight in Germany -- 29. Winged flight -- 30. Dirigible with adjustable planes -- 31. Pauly and Egg's dolphin dirigible -- 32. Guillaume experiment -- 33. Novelty flight -- 34. Balloon flotilla -- 35. Royal balloonist -- 36. Rotating dirigible -- 37. The eagle 1835 -- 38. Aerial ship drawn by eagles -- 39. Fantasia -- 40. 'Vauxhall' or 'Nassau' balloon -- 41. Italian project -- 42. Ballon-poisson in France -- 43. Successful Italian aeronaut -- 44. Acrobatic aeronaut -- 45. Airship 1850 -- 46. Pioneer of the airship -- 47. First balloon flight with steam -- 48. Dirible L'Espérence.
Balloons
Scotland Rutherglen.