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BERNARDO RICO (1825-1894). SPANISH PAINTER AND ENGRAVER.. Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899). French aeronaut and science communicator. Albert-Charles Tissandier (1839-1906). French architect, aeronaut, publisher and archaeologist. In 1881, the Tissandier brothers made the world's first electric-powered flight at an electricity exhibition by fitting an electric Siemens motor to an airship. After their first flight experiments, they built a large-scale model which they exhibited, for which Albert drew up the plans. The first airship powered by an electric motor took place on 8 October 1883, at Auteuil, a suburb of Paris (France). A second successful attempt was made in Paris on 26 September 1884. Tissandier electric airship. Gondola and engine. Albert (on the left), Gaston (on the right), plus an unidentified man. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana). October 15, 1884.

BERNARDO RICO (1825-1894). SPANISH PAINTER AND ENGRAVER.. Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899). French aeronaut and science communicator. Albert-Charles Tissandier (1839-1906). French architect, aeronaut, publisher and archaeologist. In 1881, the Tissandier brothers made the world's first electric-powered flight at an electricity exhibition by fitting an electric Siemens motor to an airship. After their first flight experiments, they built a large-scale model which they exhibited, for which Albert drew up the plans. The first airship powered by an electric motor took place on 8 October 1883, at Auteuil, a suburb of Paris (France). A second successful attempt was made in Paris on 26 September 1884. Tissandier electric airship. Gondola and engine. Albert (on the left), Gaston (on the right), plus an unidentified man. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana). October 15, 1884.
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Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899). French aeronaut and science communicator. Albert-Charles Tissandier (1839-1906). French architect, aeronaut, publisher and archaeologist. In 1881, the Tissandier brothers made the world's first electric-powered flight at an electricity exhibition by fitting an electric Siemens motor to an airship. After their first flight experiments, they built a large-scale model which they exhibited, for which Albert drew up the plans. The first airship powered by an electric motor took place on 8 October 1883, at Auteuil, a suburb of Paris (France). A second successful attempt was made in Paris on 26 September 1884. Tissandier electric airship. Gondola and engine. Albert (on the left), Gaston (on the right), plus an unidentified man. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana). October 15, 1884.
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1883 • 1884 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • 26 SEPTEMBER 1884 • 8 OCTOBER 1883 • AERODYNAMICS • AERONAUT • AERONAUTICAL • AERONAUTICS • AERONAUTS • AEROPLANE • AEROSTAT • AEROSTATIC • AEROSTATICS • AIR TRAFFIC • AIR • AIRCRAFT ZEPPELIN • AIRCRAFT • AIRPLANE • AIRSHIP • ALBERT CHARLES TISSANDIER • ALBERT TISSANDIER • ALBERT-CHARLES TISSANDIER • ARTFORM • AUTEUIL • BASKET • BASKETS • BATTERIES • BATTERY • BERNARDO RICO (1825-1894). SPANISH PAINTER AND ENGRAVER. • BERNARDO RICO • BICHROMATE BATTERY • BICHROMATE CELLS • BICHROMATE OF POTASH • BICHROMATE • BLIMP • BROTHER • CONTROL CABIN • CONTROL CAR • DIRIGIBLE • DRUM • DRUMS • ELECTRIC MOTOR • ELECTRIC POWERED • ELECTRIC PROPELLER • ELECTRIC • ELECTRIC-POWERED • ELECTRICAL MECHANISM • ELECTRICITY • ENGINE • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FLIGHT • FLY • FLYING MACHINE • FLYING MACHINES • FLYING • FRANCE • FRANCIA • FRANKREICH • FRANÇAIS • FRENCH • GASTON TISSANDIER • GONDOLA (ZEPPELIN) • GONDOLA • GUIDED • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • INVENTION • INVENTIONS • INVENTOR (MALE) • INVENTOR • INVENTORS • LATE 19 CENTURY • LATE 19TH CENTURY • LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY • MACHINE • MACHINERY • MACHINES • MANNED • MASCHINE • MOTOR • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PARIS • PHYSICAL • PHYSICIST • PHYSICS • PHYSIQUE • PRINT • PRIVATE COLLECTION • PROOF • PROPELLANT • PROPELLED • PROPELLER • PROPULSION • RICH • RICO • S. END XIX • SHIP: GONDOLA • SIEMENS ELECTRIC MOTOR • SIEMENS • TECHNICAL • TECHNIQUE • TECHNOLOGY • TEHNOLOGY • TEST • TISSANDIER AIRSHIP • TISSANDIER BROTHERS • TISSANDIER ELECTRIC AIRSHIP • TISSANDIER • XIX CENTURY • XIX • ZEPELIN • ZEPPELIN