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This patent envisions a system of balloons attached to a double rope on a pulley, with one or more primary balloons for bearing cargo and passengers, and secondary balloons to support the rope at other points. Balloons would be pulled back and forth by the rope, which might be moved by a steam engine. A connection between Dover and Calais is given as a possible example!
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* Inventor location: 23 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
 
=== Sources ===
 
=== Sources ===
 
* [[BA1893|Brewer and Alexander, 1893, ''Aeronautics'']]
 
* [[BA1893|Brewer and Alexander, 1893, ''Aeronautics'']]
 
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* [[Annual Report of the Aëronautical Society of Great Britain ]] for 1873, p. [https://archive.org/details/annualreportaer7roya/page/n177/mode/2up?view=theater 90]
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* [https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3889&lot=347 Auction listing] for the original of this patent (sold 26 May 2020 for £400).
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=SKX_XAy43b4C&pg=RA28-PA2 Scan] from Deutsches Museum under ''English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1873, 2733 - 2799'' on GB
 
{{Patent
 
{{Patent
|Year granted=1873
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|Year filed=1873
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|Year granted=1874
 
|Office=GB
 
|Office=GB
 
|Patent number=2776
 
|Patent number=2776
 
|Inventors=Margaret Martin
 
|Inventors=Margaret Martin
|Applicant is inventor=1
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|Inventor country=GB; Ireland
|Original title=Balloons
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|Applicant type=INDIV
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|Applicant is inventor=Yes
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|Original title=Improvements in the Construction of Balloons and other Aërial Bodies, and in the Means of Navigating them so as to control the direction in which they shall move or travel
 
|English title=Balloons
 
|English title=Balloons
|Granted=1
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|Tech field=LTA; balloon; navigation; cargopassenger; hydrogen; track; pulley; steam; propulsion
|Publication date= 
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|Filing date=1873/08/21
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|Grant date=1874/02/17
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|Granted=Yes
 
|Related to aircraft=Yes
 
|Related to aircraft=Yes
 
|Family year=1873
 
|Family year=1873
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|First filing=No
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|Number of text pages=6
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|Number of diagram pages=1
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|Number of figures=3
 
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Latest revision as of 23:26, 11 January 2022

This patent envisions a system of balloons attached to a double rope on a pulley, with one or more primary balloons for bearing cargo and passengers, and secondary balloons to support the rope at other points. Balloons would be pulled back and forth by the rope, which might be moved by a steam engine. A connection between Dover and Calais is given as a possible example!

  • Inventor location: 23 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin

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Year filed 1873
Year granted 1874
Office GB
Patent number 2776
Inventors Margaret Martin
Inventor country GB, Ireland
Applicant person
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title Improvements in the Construction of Balloons and other Aërial Bodies, and in the Means of Navigating them so as to control the direction in which they shall move or travel
English title Balloons
Tech fields LTA, balloon, navigation, cargopassenger, hydrogen, track, pulley, steam, propulsion
Filing date 1873/08/21
Full specification filed date
Application number
Grant date 1874/02/17
Granted? Yes
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? Yes
Serial number
Patent agent
Assigned to
National tech categories
IPCs
CPCs
Family year 1873
First filing? No
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID
INPADOC family ID
Number of text pages 6
Number of diagram pages 1
Number of figures 3
Number of claims