Gaston Tissandier

Gaston Tissandier was a French chemist, meteorologist, balloonist, physicist and engineer (1843–1899). He was born at Paris.

Gaston Tissandier in brief

Born
1843
Died
1899
Known for
chemist, meteorologist, balloonist, physicist, engineer and writer
Place of birth
Paris
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Career and activity

Recorded position is editor-in-chief. He belonged to Photo Club de París and Société d'excursions des amateurs de photographie.

Recognition and collections

Gaston Tissandier received Knight of the Legion of Honour. Work by Gaston Tissandier is held by Photography Collection and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Catalogued works

52 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1867 to 1897.

Expéditions scientifiques de Khiva L’Amou-Daria et la mer d’Aral. Popular scientific recreations in natural philosophy, astronomy, geology, chemistry. Vetenskapliga tidsfördrif. Arbetets hjeltar. Bibliographie Aéronautique: Catalogue De Livres D'histoire, De Science, De Voyages Et De Fantaisie, Traitant De La Navigation Aérienne Ou Des Aérostats, dated 1887. Travels in the Air. Voyages aériens. Le problème de la direction des aérostats. Les ballons dirigeables. Le voyage à grande hauteur du ballon "Le Zénith". L'eau. The wonders of water. En ballon! pendant le siége de Paris. Les récréations scientifiques. Marvels of earth, air, and water. La houille ... Histoire de mes ascensions. Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de m. Henry Giffard. Histoire de la Gravure Typographique. Livres minuscules. Recreaciones científicas. Bibliographie aéronautique. Les merveilles de la photographie. La photoglyptie. La photographie. Une Conférence sur l'héliogravure et ses applications à la librairie. La photographie en ballon. A History and handbook of photography. The Eiffel Tower. Les récréations scientifiques, ou, L'enseignement par les jeux. Puteshestvii Ła po vozdukhu. Merveilles de la photographie. Jeux et jouets du jeune âge. Wonders of water. Les martyrs de la science. Le ricreazioni scientifiche, ovvero, L'insegnamento coi giuochi. Application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne. Bibliographie Aeronautique, Catalogue De Livres D'histoire, De Science, De Voyages Et De Fantaisie, Traitant De La Navigation Aerienne Ou Des Aerostats. Bibliographie aéronautique: catalogue de livres d'histoire, de science, de voyages et de .. Causeries sur la science. Dans Les Airs. En Ballon. En Ballon! Pendant Le Siege De Paris. Half hours of scientific amusement; or, Practical physics and chemistry without apparatus. La houille. Tissandier, Gaston (1843-1899), French balloonist, dated 1869-1894, held by Wellcome Collection. Le ricreazioni scientifiche ovvero l'insegnamento coi giuochi / per Gaston Tissandier., dated 1897, held by Wellcome Collection. L'eau / par Gaston Tissandier ; ouvrage illustré ... par A. de Bar [and others]., dated 1867, held by Wellcome Collection. Histoire de mes ascensions : récit de vingt-quatre voyages aériens [1868-1877] / Gaston Tissandier ; illustrée de nombreuses gravures hors texte par Albert Tissandier., dated [1880?], held by Wellcome Collection. Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de M. Henry Giffard : cour des Tuileries--Paris, 1878 / Gaston Tissandier ; avec de nombreuses illustrations par Albert Tissandier., dated Juillet 1878, held by Wellcome Collection. La navigation aérienne : l'aviation et la direction des aérostats dans les temps anciens et modernes / par Gaston Tissandier., dated 1886, held by Wellcome Collection. Les martyrs de la science : ouvrage illustré de trente-quatre gravures sur bois, compositions de Camille Gilbert ... / Gaston Tissandier., dated [1882], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 15 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Gaston Tissandier, Scientific American, 1899. Gaston Tissandier : histoire d’une ascension (médiatique), Romantisme, 2023. M. Gaston Tissandier, Aeronautical journal (London, England : 1897), 1899. A History and Handbook of Photography Translated from the French of Gaston Tissandier, Nature, 1876. NOTA SULLA NON LINEARITÀ DEL SISTEMA RESPIRATORIO: COME L’EMOGLOBINA LEGA GASTON TISSANDIER A REINHOLD MESSNER, Istituto Lombardo - Accademia di Scienze e Lettere - Rendiconti di Scienze, 2020. Les récréations scientifiques : diffusion et succès de l’œuvre de vulgarisation de Gaston Tissandier en Espagne à la fin du XIXe siècle, Amnis, 2015. Soutenir l’aérostation pour mieux la tuer. La collection Nadar conservée à la Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris et au musée Carnavalet, In Situ, 2018. BIOGRAPHY GENRE IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE: EUROPEAN AND BRITISH INFLUENCES, Studia Litterarum, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

15 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Les poussières de l'air (1877) — Internet Archive. Le Probleme de la Direction Des Aerostats (1883) — Internet Archive. Travels in the Air (1871) — Internet Archive. Les ballons dirigeables: application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne (1885) — Internet Archive. wouvenirs et recits dun aerostier militaire (1896) — Internet Archive. Observations météorologiques en ballon: (Résumé de 25 ascensions aérostatiques) (1879) — Internet Archive. Nouvelles Recettes Utiles et Appareils Pratiques edition de la revue nature gaston Tissandier (1896) — Internet Archive. Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de m. Henry Giffard: cour des tuileries - Paris 1878 (1878) — Internet Archive. Les fossiles (1875) — Internet Archive. Voyages Dans Les Airs (1887) — Internet Archive. Bibliographie aéronautique: catalogue de livres d'histoire, de science, de voyages et de ... (1887) — Internet Archive. Popular Scientific Recreations: in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. — Project Gutenberg. La Navigation Aérienne L'aviation Et La Direction Des Aérostats Dans Les Temps Anciens Et Modernes — Project Gutenberg. En ballon! Pendant le siege de Paris — Project Gutenberg. De martelaars der wetenschap — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Gaston Tissandier studied at Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers and Lycée Condorcet. the recorded working language is French.

Positions recorded include editor-in-chief. Membership is recorded of Photo Club de París and Société d'excursions des amateurs de photographie.

Work by Gaston Tissandier is recorded in the collections of Photography Collection and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1843Gaston Tissandier born at Paris.
  2. 1871Travels in the Air digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1877Les poussières de l'air digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1879Observations météorologiques en ballon: (Résumé de 25 ascensions aérostatiques) digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1883Le Probleme de la Direction Des Aerostats digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1885Les ballons dirigeables: application de l'électricité à la navigation aérienne digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1887Bibliographie Aéronautique: Catalogue De Livres D'histoire, De Science, De Voyages Et De Fantaisie, Traitant De La Navigation Aérienne Ou Des Aérostats.
  8. 1896wouvenirs et recits dun aerostier militaire digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1899Gaston Tissandier died at Paris.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Gaston Tissandier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q905267: Gaston Tissandier

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