Airship Aereon by Solomon Andrews
Summary
"Solomon Andrew's airship 'Aereon', in which he proposes to cross ocean during Civil War, 1863." Photograph of a lithograph.
Blimp a large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. In the past passengers were carried in a structure hanging below. In 1852, Henri Giffard built the first powered airship, which consisted of a 143-ft (44-m) long, cigar-shaped, gas-filled bag with a propeller, powered by a 3-horsepower (2.2-kW) steam engine. Later, in 1900, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany invented the first rigid airship.
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Date
1906 - 1916
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Library of Congress
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public domain