As shown in the recent exhibition, Rufus Porter’s Curious World-regrettably now closed until further notice-Porter founded Scientific American, painted large murals of the New England landscape, experimented with the camera obscura to quickly paint portraits, and among my favorites of his works, drafted a plan for what he dubbed “The Travelling Balloon.”īeginning in the 1830s, Porter dreamed of building a traveling balloon that would carry passengers from New York to California in three days. Rufus Porter’s desire to create art, invent new machines and devices, and find ways to disseminate useful information made him a legendary figure in nineteenth-century America. ![]() ![]() “The Traveling Balloon,” Scientific American (New York, N.Y.), September 18, 1845, by Rufus Porter, American, 1792-1884.
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