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English: Cropped page from Les merveilles de la science - tome 5: Inventions scientifiques dupuis 1870: Supplément au aerostats by Louis Figuier (1819–1894) with a wood engraved illustration (the book series seems to have been published 1867–1891). Caption in French: Chute, en Norvège, du ballon de Rolier et Bezier La Ville d'Orléans. Lightened image version.


The drawing depicts Paul Rolier and Leon Bézier in the Ville d'Orléans, a manned balloon carrying military messages and mail during the German siege of Paris in the Franco–Prussian War 1870–71, taking off from the city late at night on Thursday 24th November 1870, loosing its course in the strong winds and landing in a snowy Lifjell mountain area in Seljord, Norway the day after. The two frenchmen made their way back to France through Oslo and London over the next couple of weeks. The journey was the longest balloon flight until then and attracted great attention in its time. Read more about the remarkable voyage in "Through The Air" (1873, pages 233–240), "The balloon. Noteworthy aerial voyages, from the discovery of the balloon to the present time" (1879, pages 42–49), and "A Short History of Balloons and Flying Machines" (1907, pages 65–68).


Norsk bokmål: Bokillustrasjon fra Les merveilles de la science - tome 5: Inventions scientifiques dupuis 1870: Supplément au aerostats (trolig utgitt ca. 1880–1890). Tegningen er en fri skildring av den utrolige reisen med «La Ville d'Orléans», en luftballong som ble sendt fra Paris under beleiringen av byen i den fransk-tyske krigen 1870–71.


Gassballongen ble sendt avsted halv tolv på kvelden 24. november 1870 med to mann, Paul Rolier og Leon Bézier, og post til franske regjeringsstyrker i ikke-besatte områder av landet, men kom ut av kurs i de sterke høstvindene. Ballongen forsvant ut over havet, og endte i et vinterlig Norge. Ballongen holdt på å forlise i sjøen ved Mandal, men steg etter at ballongfarerne kastet ut en av postsekkene. På ettermiddagen 25. november satte ballongkurven seg fast i et tre i Lifjell i Seljord i Telemark der mennene kom seg ut i dyp snø, 15 timer etter oppstigningen og over 1200 km i luftlinje fra Paris. Gondolen og ballongen fór videre med post og brevduer, og havarerte ved Krøderen i Hallingdal. Mennene kom seg omsider til folk, og videre til Christiania. Den oppsiktsvekkende ballongferden fikk stor oppmerksomhet i samtiden og er blitt stående som en begivenhet i den tidlige luftfartshistorien. Bildekopien er lysnet.
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Illustration from Supplement 1 & 2 Description des inventions scientifiques depuis 1870 of Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes

by Louis Figuier (1819-1894) published from 1867 and onwards, found as a digital copy at https://archive.org/details/b21496626_0005/page/632/mode/2up
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Edmond Morin  (1824–1882)  wikidata:Q17113961
 
Edmond Morin
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Edmond Alexandre Morin
Description French painter, aquarellist, illustrator, engraver and printmaker
Date of birth/death 26 March 1824 Edit this at Wikidata 18 August 1882 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Le Havre Sceaux
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/ writer Louis Figuier (1819-1894)
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    Chute, en Norvège, du ballon de Rolier et Bezier (more contrasts)
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    Chute, en Norvège, du ballon de Rolier et Bezier(low res)

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