HOT AIR BALLOON "Vergleichende Ansichten der hoechsten Luftreisen" Historic comparison of highest balloon travels Beginning at bottom of print with the tip of the Gizeh Pyramid we find numerous dates and elivations reached by various balloon flights up to the Gauri Shankar in Nepal compared. The highest on this tabula was the balloon ride of Aeronaut James Glaisher (1819-1903) in September of 1862, who lost his conciousness in the open basket, when he and his companion Henry Coxwell...

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"Vergleichende Ansichten der hoechsten Luftreisen"

Historic comparison of highest balloon travels

Beginning at bottom of print with the tip of the Gizeh Pyramid we find numerous dates and elivations reached by various balloon flights up to the Gauri Shankar in Nepal compared. The highest on this tabula was the balloon ride of Aeronaut James Glaisher (1819-1903) in September of 1862, who lost his conciousness in the open basket, when he and his companion Henry Coxwell reached the altitude of 8838 meters. Coxwell was able to manage the descent of the ballon, so that Glaisher survived. It was only 32 years later that this altitude record was beaten by Arthur Berson, who, with the help of oxygen, reached 9155 m in 1894.

Zincograph. Printed in two colors.

Published in a German publication, 1884

18,5 x 12 cm (ca. 7.3 x 4.7")

Historic Balloon Flights & Cloud Layers (Right Side Progression)

Croce-Spinelli and Sivel (1875 Flight): 8,600 meters (the fatal high-altitude flight)
Birt / Glaisher & Coxwell (September 5, 1862): 8,838 meters (noted up by the top balloon marker)
Croce-Spinelli and Sivel (March 22, 1874): 7,300 meters
Barral and Bixio (1850 Flight): 7,039 meters
Gay-Lussac (1804 Ascent): 7,016 meters
Welsh (1852 Ascent): 6,943 meters
Eis-Nebel (Ice Fog Layer Observation): 6,120 meters
Höhe der Geier (Vulture flight height reference): 6,500 meters
Höhe der Adler (Eagle flight height reference): 5,200 meters
Thork Julung in Thibet (Highest inhabited place reference): 4,519 meters
Potosi (Inhabited town reference): 4,070 meters
Höhe der meisten Wolken (Average height of main cloud layers): 3,300 meters
Chatres (1804 Ascent): 3,000 meters
Höhe der Schwalben (Swallow flight height reference): 2,500 meters
Tissandier (1873 Flight): 2,050 meters
Giffard (1850 Captive Balloon Steam Ascent): 1,500 meters
Dupuy de Lôme (1872 Navigable Balloon): 1,000 meters
Montgolfiere (Original 1783 Hot Air Balloon Baseline): 500 meters
Zepfeli / London (First major over-city ascents): 250 - 500 meters

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