Wilfrid de Fonvielle
Wilfrid de Fonvielle
Wilfrid de Fonvielle (1824 – 1914) was a French science writer and balloonist.
He published hundreds of articles for technical and scientific journals such as L'Aérophile, La Nature, la Revue Scientifique, La Science illustrée, and L'électricité. He was editor of L'Aérophile.[1]
In 1858 he spent two days in a balloon, and in 1869 he traveled 90 km with Gaston Tissandier in 35 minutes. During the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, he escaped from the city in a balloon and went to London.
His brothers, Arthur (1830-1914) and Ulrich (1833-1911), were political journalists.
References
- ↑ Brockett, Paul. 1910. Bibliography of Aeronautics. Smithsonian Institution.
External links
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Works written by or about Wilfrid de Fonvielle at Wikisource
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