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Creation Date
1849
Description
An illustration with the caption "Balloon" used in volume 1 number 1 of The Scholar's Leaf of the Tree of Knowledge published in Portland, Maine, January 6, 1849. The weekly publication was geared toward education, "adapted to the taste of children." The text of the accompanying article credits the invention to J. Montgolfier, a Frenchman, who tried the experiment in 1782.
Rights and Access Note
No known restrictions on publication.
Recommended Citation
Requested credit line: Image courtesy of Special Collections, Raymond H.
Fogler Library, DigitalCommons@UMaine,
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/3665
Format
jpeg
Part Of
The Scholars' Leaf, Volume 1, no. 1, January 6, 1849.
Keywords
transportation, inventions, early 19th century, education, children, publications, Portland, Maine
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