Patent GB-1854-759

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"The application of electricity and fixed or moveable aerostation to military strategy and pyrotechny."

Three quite distinct uses are described in the abridgment:

  1. Use of balloons for electrical transmission, telegraphic purposes, and reconnaissance;
  2. Use of compressed air for launching a projectile;
  3. Use of electric battery with explosive gas.
  • This patent was "Provisional only"
  • Brewer and Alexander spelled the third name as Francisse, but it's Francis according to French Wikipedia.[1]

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Year filed 1854
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Patent number 759
Inventors Pierre Alexis Francis Bobœuf
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Original title Balloons for military purposes
English title Balloons for military purposes
Tech fields captive, balloons, military, LTA, projectile, ballistics, electricity, battery, communications, reconnaissance
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