The development of the dirigible:1784-1883

Jean-Baptiste Marie Meusnier's design of a dirigible (1784)
Design by Pauly (1804)
Delamarne's dirigible (1865)
Henri Giffard's dirigible (1852)

Marriott's model dirigible (1869)

The Tissandier brothers' electric-powered dirdgible (1883)

Camille Vert's dirigible (1860)

Dupuy de Lome's design for a drigible (1872)