Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas Size:S: 45 x 30cm England 's Ian Botham claps

England 's Ian Botham claps as Australian batsman Martin Kent falls for his slower ball and lofts a catch to Gatting

Johnny Gill

Ordnance office for the Palace of Westminster

Sheriff 1837-8 standing in ceremonial robes

Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground

Filling a balloon with hydrogen gas Size:S: 45 x 30cm England 's Ian Botham clapsScene showing the inflation of a balloon by hydrogen gas piped from a barrel. The gas was produced by the reaction of sulphuric acid and iron. A preliminary balloon of this type was flown at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France on the 27 August 1783 an event witnessed by Benjamin Franklin. Plate 3 from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). Inscribed below : 'Bertault