1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: Hugh Bell
From Graces Guide
715. BELL, HUGH, Baltic Wharf, Millbank — Inventor and Manufacturer.
Model of a "locomotive balloon." The steering apparatus has the motions of a bird's tail; the car is so arranged with buoyant apparatus at the ends, as to be a life boat in case of a descent being made into the sea, and the balloon and machinery may be stowed away in it.
Improved valve for a balloon.
Model arrangement for a "locomotive parachute," equipped for service.
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