Albert Tissandier
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Albert Tissandier was a French architect, aviator, illustrator, editor and archaeologist. He was the brother of adventurer Gaston Tissandier with whom he collaborated in writing the magazine La Nature, a French language scientific journal aimed at the popularization of science.
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Cover of the first issue of La Nature, 1873. Illustration by Albert Tissandier.
Lunar Halo and Luminous Cross, drawing of nature. Albert Tissandier.
Drawing by E. A. Tilly of an airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier, 1883
The Tissandier brothers' airship, France, 1883. The first aerostat with an electric engine.In their orbit 1
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Albert Tissandier was a French architect, aviator, illustrator, editor and archaeologist. He was the brother of adventurer Gaston Tissandier with whom he collaborated in writing the magazine La Nature, a French language scientific journal aimed at the popularization of science. He and his brother demonstrated the first electric powered flight.
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