"Belgique I"

1909

Mundaneum
Mons, Belgium

"Belgique I" (1909), the first Belgian airship, built by Robert Goldschmidt (1877-1935) and funded by Ernest Solvay. Goldschmidt, a brilliant inventor, developed several wireless systems, as well as the first microfiche device for a certain ... Paul Otlet. He also contributed to the organizing of the first Solvay Physics Council, by putting the physicist Walther Nernst in contact with Solvay who financed it

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Title: "Belgique I"
Date: 1909
External link: Solvay Heritage Collection

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