April 12, 2024
1784 Boston newspaper EARLY INVENTION Hot air BALLOON w FLIGHT Oxford ENGLAND
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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Massachusetts Centinel (Boston) dated May 26, 1784. This is a 4-page newspaper with a page size of 10.25" x 8". It has a decorative masthead showing an allegorical seated figure of "liberty" reading a law book above the "scales of justice." This issue contains a 1/2 column detailed report of the flight of an early HYDROGEN BALLOON at Oxford, England. This is one of the earliest hydrogen balloon flights on record since it was first "invented" by Jacques Charles in France in 1783. This report also details the preparation of the HYDROGEN GAS to make the balloon lighter-than-air. This was printed just after the end of the American Revoluitionary War and in addition to National and International news has LOCAL Boston area news and ads from 228 years ago !! Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description.
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