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Clement Ader Collection

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Clement Ader, French aviation pioneer, and his first flight in 1897 (chromolitho)

Clement Ader, French aviation pioneer, and his first flight in 1897 (chromolitho)
1094322 Clement Ader, French aviation pioneer, and his first flight in 1897 (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clement Ader (1841-1925)

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Ader Eole, 1890s

Ader Eole, 1890s. Found in the Collection of Chateau de Blerancourt

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Ader Eole, 1890

Ader Eole, 1890. Found in the Collection of Chateau de Blerancourt

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor, 1915

Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor, 1915. Ader (1841-1925) is best known for his work in aviation. In 1890 his aircraft Eole became the first self-propelled aircraft to take off and fly

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Ader telephone system, 1881

Ader telephone system, 1881. The man on the left is making a call which passes through the operator at the exchange, centre, to the recipient on the right

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ), 1890 (c1910)

Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ), 1890 (c1910)
Aders flying bird Eole ( Aole ). This aeroplane was designed by the French aviation pioneer Clement Ader (1841-1925). It was steam-powered

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Clement Aders flying bird Eole, the first piloted plane to take off under its own steam, 1890

Clement Aders flying bird Eole, the first piloted plane to take off under its own steam, 1890
Clement Aders flying bird Eole (Aole). Wingspan of 15m and made of wood and aluminium, it was the first piloted plane to take off under its own steam, 9 October 1890. [Paris, 1891]

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Ader-Van Rysselberghe telephone, 1880s C017 / 6922

Ader-Van Rysselberghe telephone, 1880s C017 / 6922
Ader-Van Rysselberghe telephone, 19th-century artwork. The telephone was developed in the 1870s, with several inventors pioneering the technology

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Early telephones, 1880s C017 / 6921

Early telephones, 1880s C017 / 6921
Early telephones, 19th-century artwork. These three early systems are, from left: an Ader-Van Rysselberghe telephone; a Blake-Bell telephone; and another Ader-Van Rysselberghe telephone

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Clement Ader, French engineer

Clement Ader, French engineer
Clement Ader (1841-1926), French engineer and aviation pioneer. Aders early career was spent inventing numerous electrical and mechanical devices

Background imageClement Ader Collection: Aders flying machine, 19th century

Aders flying machine, 19th century
Aders flying machine. Clement Ader (1841-1926) was a French engineer and aviation pioneer who invented numerous electrical and mechanical devices


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