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