Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon. Paper, ink. Collection of SFO Museum, The Tony Bill Aviation Library Collection, SFO Museum Collection. 2001.201.017.

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Title:	Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon
Author:	Hildebrandt, Alfred
Publication:	New York: D. Van Nostrand company, 1908.
Physical description:	xvi, 364 p illus. (incl. ports., maps, facsims.) double pl. 24 cm.
Credit Line:	Collection of SFO Museum, The Tony Bill Aviation Library Collection
Subject:	Aeronautics -- History. Balloons -- History. Meterology -- History.
Subject headings:	Aeronautics--History Balloons--History
Call Number:	TR545 .H66 1908 SC
Collection:	Aviation Library
Category:	Book
Subcategory:	Book
Accession Number:	2001.201.017

Exhibitions that this object has been part of

Into the Ether: Published Works on Ballooning and Atmospheric Studies, 1783–1910. On view from June 23, 2018 to March 31, 2019.

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