Title
Fan outline
Caption
Fan outline
Momento for M. Charles' first voyage on 1st December 1783
Two vellum sheets, etched, with colour (74,5 x 78 cm)
Muller-Quênot Collection
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On Monday 1st December 1783, in the jardins des Tuileries, Charles and Robert rose into the air on board their hydrogen balloon for an hour and forty minutes. That same day at a quarter to four the machine landed between the villages of Nesle and Hédouville in the Prairie de Nesle, 9 leagues north west of Paris, near the town of Beaumont sur l'Oise. The aerostatic machine began to descend in the Prairie de Nesle having previously obtained landing permission from the duke of Chatres, Mr de Fitz James and three parsons from the surrounding areas. Mr Charles set off on his own again in the craft in front of the same spectators. Within 10 minutes it had reached a height of 1524 "toises," equivalent to 9144 ft. After gliding in the air for 35 minutes, the machine came back down and landed in the farmland of Bois de la Tour de Lay, without faltering after travelling a league and a half since its departure. Mr Charles is said to have experienced other sensations at this height other than the bitter cold.
Date
18th century
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_099
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