Comte Antoine Apraxine
Comte Antoine Apraxine, Anton Stepanovich Apraxine, was a Russian aero inventor, 3 October 1817 - 2 January 1899, a major-general hailing from a family of the Russian nobility associated at high levels with both the Russian naval and terrestrial military.[1] Upon a segue from the appropriate francophone page, to the Russian Апраксин search page, taking into consideration the French name "Antoine", Апраксин, Антон Степанович was discovered.
As of Patent US-1879-213603 we have him claiming residency in Paris, France, though St. Petersburg, Russia, seems to have been his home, at which location he is situated during the registration of Patent DE-1878-6372 and so forth.
German Wikipedia differentiates between his work in "free balloons", in tethered balloons (captive), and that specifically involving hot air.[2]
Really, we may be dealing technically here 1-3 patent families, all around one or two fundamental balloon concepts, possibly one captive and one an airship.
(Our own gathered patent data has Apraxine's filings concentrated between the years of 1877 and 1881, though his balloons were employed for sometime thereafter. We are interested in establishing familial patent relations here, and possibly the existence of Russian parent patents.)
(His filings in Spain, and their representation on Espacenet are of interest. Indeed, it is fairly unusual to have an inventor of this period so represented on Espacenet. The lack of the inclusion of his French patents, because of this span of years, is somewhat par for the course.)
(Attached is an image of one of his balloons, failing, in some manner, possibly "collapsing", in 1891.)
(We will draw further from this Russian material, regarding his possible writing on aviation, and more.)
(See page history for more on our search process here.)
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Comte Antoine Apraxine
- Patent GB-1888-4552 (English title: Balloon railway)
- Patent ES-1877-5683 (English title: improvements to balloons, Filing date: 1877-06-23)
- Patent FR-1877-118987 (English title: Improvements to aerial balloons)
- Patent FR-1878-124576 (English title: Improvements to aerial balloons, Filing date: 1878-05-08)
- Patent ES-1878-5888 (English title: perfections brought to balloons and other aircraft [as they may serve as illumination?], Filing date: 1878-06-15)
- Patent DE-1878-6372 (English title: Innovations on balloons, Filing date: 1878-06-21)
- Patent US-1879-213603 (English title: Aerial balloon, Filing date: 1878-06-28)
- Patent FR-1880-124576E1 (English title: improvements brought to aerial balloons, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1878-124576, Filing date: 1880-09-28)
- Patent FR-1880-124576E2 (English title: improvements brought to aerial balloons, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1878-124576, Filing date: 1880-09-28)
- Patent ES-1880-1217 (English title: improvements brought to aerial balloons, Filing date: 1880-10-29)
- Patent CA-1881-13781 (English title: Improvements in Aerial Balloons, Filing date: May 1880)
- Patent FR-1881-124576E3 (English title: improvements brought to aerial balloons, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1878-124576, Filing date: 1881-03-07)
- Patent CA-1881-13782 (English title: Improvements in aerial balloons, Filing date: 1881-05-21)
- Patent ES-1882-1522 (English title: A system of new improvement in air balloons, Supplementary to patent: Patent ES-1881-1217, Filing date: 1882-01-30)
References
| Names | Comte Antoine Apraxine; Antoine Apraxine; Anton Stepanowitsch Apraxin; Апраксин, Антон Степанович |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 3 October 1817 |
| Death date | 2 January 1899 |
| Countries | US, CA, FR, ES, DE |
| Locations | St. Petersburg, Russia; Paris, France |
| Occupations | Major General, Military officer |
| Tech areas | Balloons, Aerostat, Captive, Parachutes, LTA, Airship |
| Affiliations | |
| Wikidata id | Q15064091 |
