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Brésil (spherical Balloon)
''Brésil'' was the first spherical balloon made for Alberto Santos Dumont, in which, at the age of 25, he introduced several innovations in aeronautics and made more than 200 flights. History Origin After seven years living in Paris and having already performed several ascents in other balloons, Santos Dumont decided to develop his own aircraft to gain experience, as it would be more economical than renting balloons from other builders. He commissioned the constructor Henri Lachambre, of the firm ''Lachambre & Machuron'', to build what he aimed to be the smallest free balloon ever built, with a 113 m3 hydrogen chamber, in diameter and a total weight of . Before flying in ''Brésil'', Henri Lachambre's team let Santos Dumont make ascents in both France and Belgium as a way of gaining experience. According to , Santos Dumont was influenced to build his first balloon when he followed the Paris-Amsterdam car race in 1897. Development One of Santos Dumont's main innovations in thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont (Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais, Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, he dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. He designed, built, and flew the first powered airships and won the Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe#Deutsch de la Meurthe prize, Deutsch Prize in 1901, when he flew around the Eiffel Tower in his airship Santos-Dumont number 6, No. 6, becoming one of the most famous people in the world in the early 20th century. Santos-Dumont then progressed to powered flight, powered heavier-than-air machines and on 23 October 1906 flew about 60 metres at a height of two to three metres with the fixed-wing Santos-Dumont 14-bis, 14-bis (also dubbed the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Santos Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont ( Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, he dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. He designed, built, and flew the first powered airships and won the Deutsch Prize in 1901, when he flew around the Eiffel Tower in his airship No. 6, becoming one of the most famous people in the world in the early 20th century. Santos-Dumont then progressed to powered heavier-than-air machines and on 23 October 1906 flew about 60 metres at a height of two to three metres with the fixed-wing 14-bis (also dubbed the ''Oiseau de Proie''—"bird of prey") at the Bagatelle Gamefield in Paris, taking off unassisted by an external launch system. On 12 November in fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Lachambre
Henri Lachambre (30 December 1846, Vagney, Vosges – 12 June 1904) was a French manufacturer of balloons. His factory was in the Paris suburb Vaugirard. He also participated in ballooning himself carried out 500 ascents. Lachambre supplied balloons to both the US Signal Corps and the ill-fated arctic mission of S. A. Andrée in 1897. He also worked with the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont ( Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavie ..., taking him for his first balloon ascent and going on to construct his first balloon in 1898 and later the envelopes for his dirigibles. Together with his nephew Alexis Machuron Lachambre wrote a book about Andrée's expedition, ''Au pôle nord en ballon'' (Imprimerie Nilsson, 1897, 250 pages), which was quickly translated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Santos-Dumont Aircraft ...
Through his career, aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont designed, built, and demonstrated a variety of types of aircraft—balloons, airships (dirigibles), monoplanes, biplanes, and a helicopter. Research shows that the inventor may have created an even larger number of aircraft. List Notes References * * * * * * * * * * * * {{Santos-Dumont aircraft Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont ( Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Cruzeiro
''O Cruzeiro'' (initially just ''Cruzeiro'') was a Brazilian illustrated weekly magazine, published in Rio de Janeiro from 1928 until 1985, with the exception of the period from August 1975 to June 1977. History and profile The publication, subtitled ''Revista Semanal Illustrada'', was originally named just ''Cruzeiro'', after the constellation of the Southern Cross (''Cruzeiro do Sul'').(1928): "Editorial No. 1", ''Cruzeiro'', dated 1928-12-06. The first edition was released with 70 pages on 10 November 1928 and was published by ''Empresa Grafico Cruzeiro S.A.'' of Dr. José Mariano Filho in 152 Rua Buenos Aires. In jume 1929, by issue number 30, the magazine changed its name to ''O Cruzeiro''.SERPA, Leoní (2007):A contribuição de O Cruzeiro para com o jornalismo brasileiro (1928-1945). It was owned by the media conglomerate Diários Associados owned by Assis Chateaubriand. The director was Carlos Malheiro Dias until 1933, succeeded by Antonio Accioly Netto. ''O Cruzeiro'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 In France
Events from the year 1898 in France. Incumbents *President of France, President: Felix Faure *Prime Minister of France, President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 28 June: Jules Méline ** 28 June-31 October: Henri Brisson ** starting 31 October: Charles Dupuy Events *13 January – Émile Zola's open letter to President Félix Faure on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore'', accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus. *7 February – Zola is brought to trial for criminal libel for publishing ''J'accuse''. *23 February – Zola is imprisoned for ''J'accuse''. Following dismissal of his appeal he flees to London (arriving on 19 July) to escape further punishment. *March – Canon de 75 modèle 1897 adopted as the standard French Army field artillery piece. *8 May – 1898 French legislative election, Legislative election held. *22 May – 1898 French legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos-Dumont Aircraft
Alberto Santos-Dumont ( Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, he dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. He designed, built, and flew the first powered airships and won the Deutsch Prize in 1901, when he flew around the Eiffel Tower in his airship No. 6, becoming one of the most famous people in the world in the early 20th century. Santos-Dumont then progressed to powered heavier-than-air machines and on 23 October 1906 flew about 60 metres at a height of two to three metres with the fixed-wing 14-bis (also dubbed the ''Oiseau de Proie''—"bird of prey") at the Bagatelle Gamefield in Paris, taking off unassisted by an external launch system. On 12 November in fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
