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:
- Use of balloons for electrical transmission, telegraphic purposes, and reconnaissance;
- Use of compressed air for launching a projectile;
- 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]
Sources
- Brewer and Alexander, 1893, Aeronautics, pages 12 and 157
- Abridgment of patent specifications: Abridgments of Specifications relating to Aeronautics, A.D. 1815–1866 (1869), p. 14
| Year filed | 1854 |
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| Office | GB |
| 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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| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
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| Family year | 1854 |
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