Henri Lachambre
Henri Lachambre (born December 30, 1846 , † June 12, 1904 in Vagney) was a French aviation pioneer and manufacturer of hydrogen balloons and Montgolfièren . His factory was in the Paris suburb of Vaugirard.
In 1883 Lachambre built la Ville de Boulogne for M. Lhoste (crossing the English Channel), a balloon for the Tissandier brothers , one for M. Eloy and one for M. Ribeiro de Souza (a total of over 20 per year). In 1895 the tethered balloon was built for the Swiss National Exhibition in Geneva. He delivered to Alberto Santos-Dumont , to the US Army Signal Corps and to the Swedish engineer and North Pole researcher Salomon August Andrée in 1897. Together with his nephew Alexis Machuron , Lachambre wrote a book about Andrée's balloon expedition to the North Pole .
After Lachambre's death, the production was continued by his widow and E. Carton.
Books
- Les Ballons captifs, leur emploi au point de vue stratégique, notice descriptive sur les appareils à gaz transportables, treuils sur chariot, etc. , avec Abel Lachambre (1888)
- Les Ballons à la guerre , paru dans Bibliothèque des connaissances militaires, 3 (1888)
- Deux mois au Spitzberg: préparatifs de l'expédition aérostatique polaire suédoise, 1896–97 , paru dans La Revue hebdomadaire , 8 may 1897
- Andrée. Au pôle Nord en ballon , avec Alexis Machuron (1897)
Web links
- Article in La Nature
- Nécrologie dans l'Aérophile, janvier 1904 (PDF file; 3.5 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lachambre, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French aviation pioneer and manufacturer of hydrogen balloons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1846 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1904 |
| Place of death | Vagney |