Difference between revisions of "Patent GB-1854-759"

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* [[File:Woodcroft, 1860, page 5.png|thumb|right|This patent as cited in Woodcroft, 1860]]
 
"The application of electricity and fixed or moveable aerostation to military strategy and pyrotechny."
 
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* [[BA1893|Brewer and Alexander, 1893, ''Aeronautics'']], pages 12 and 157
 
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* [[Abridgment of patent specifications]]: ''Abridgments of Specifications relating to Aeronautics, A.D. 1815–1866 '' (1869), p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433011666124&view=1up&seq=160 14]
 
* [[Abridgment of patent specifications]]: ''Abridgments of Specifications relating to Aeronautics, A.D. 1815–1866 '' (1869), p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433011666124&view=1up&seq=160 14]
 
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Revision as of 09:20, 28 November 2024

  • This patent as cited in Woodcroft, 1860

"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
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