Death of Thomas Harris. 19th-century illustration of the death of British aeronaut Thomas Harris on 25 May 1824. Harris invented a device to release the gas from a balloon on landing. This flight was in the balloon 'Royal George' from Vauxhall,London,with the crash (possibly due to a malfunction of Harris's invention) at Beddington,near Croydon. His companion,Miss Sophia Stock,was badly injured. Some accounts say that Harris jumped in an attempt to save her life. Artwork from 'Aerostation - Aviation' (1911) by French civil engineer Max de Nansouty (1854-1913),part of the 'Les merveilles de la science' series of 1867-1891 by Louis Figuier | |
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