| 1/15/1913 | 81 | Pasadena | CA | Died |
1/1/1862 | 30 | Norristown | PA | Invented ice machine |
1/1/1861 | 29 | | | First telegraph from a balloon to the ground
Cheif of Army Aeronautic Section
Invented system of signalling ground from balloon - later used in Brazil |
1/1/1860 | 28 | | | Invited to Philadelphia |
1/1/1860 | 29 | | SC | Balloon called New York mothballed |
1/1/1859 | 27 | Cinncinati | OH | Balloon flight from Cinncinatti to South Carolina at start of Civil War
Captured as norther spy
flew 900 miles in 9 hours |
1/1/1857 | 25 | | | Invented many things
Altimiter for measuring altitude without a horizon
built largest aerostat to that date |
1/1/1856 | 24 | | | Bought first balloon - it was too small |
2/14/1855 | 23 | | | Married Leontine |
1/1/1855 | 23 | | | Constructed a balloon to study the atmosphere |
1/1/1852 | 20 | | | Started calling himself Professor Lowe |
1/1/1850 | 18 | | NH | Became ill returned to home |
1/1/1847 | 15 | | | Left NH for Boston - Apprentice to shoe maker |
8/20/1832 | 0 | Jefferson | NH | Born |
