Image: Santos-Dumont flight around the Eiffel Tower

Description: Santo Dumont circles the Eiffel Tower on 13 July 1901 in Dirigible No. 5 Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Identifier: annualreportofbo1901smit (find matches) Year: 1846 (1840s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary Subjects: Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Smithsonian Report, 1901.—Lyle. Plate I Text Appearing After Image: The Air Ship "Santos Dumont V" circling the Eiffel Tower. "Bringing together man's two ways of getting into the air, the one from a century just closed, the other from a century just beginning." [The balloon was really no higher than the second platform; but the camera, pointed upward, made it appear to be near the top.] Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Santos-Dumont flight around the Eiffel Tower
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