Balloon
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Balloon
A half section of a balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. Rescue vessels loosed hydrogen-filled balloons carrying bundles of messages stitched to lengths of fast and slow burning fuses. As the lines burned through, they released the messages, scattering them over a wide area. It is made of red and white paper enclosed in silk net.
Object number: AAA4347Date: 1852-1853
Overall dimensions: 1150 mm x 1220 mm x 690 mm
- Image reference: L7957-001
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
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