TISSANDIER Gaston Sur la Construction d’un propulseur dynamo-électrique, destiné à un aérostat allongé.

First edition, reprinted from the Comptes Rendus des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, January 1883.

Gaston Tissandier describes his invention of an electric motor to power an airship. The motor consists of three separate parts:

1. A propeller with two helical blades

2. A Siemens dynamo-electric machine

3. A battery of light potassium dichromate batteries.

His study contains a detailed account of the operation of the apparatus and is illustrated with a technical drawing of the installation.

Fine copy.