page_title: Jean-Augustin Barral
hierarchical_section_title: Jean-Augustin Barral
caption_attribution_description: Barral and Bixio 1850 plate - Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, USA. French plate from the 1800s. MM. Jacques Alexandre Bixio and Jean Augustin Barral made two scientific ascents. They ascended from the Paris Observatory on June 29, 1850, at 10.27 A.M., the balloon being inflated with hydrogen gas; on July 27, 1850, they repeated the experiment.
context_page_description: Jean-Augustin Barral was a French agronomist and balloonist.
  Barral was born in Metz. He studied at a polytechnic school and became a physicist as well as a professor of chemistry and agronomy. He wrote many works of popular science, especially concerning agriculture and irrigation, and became director of publication of scientific works. He was named perpetual secretary of the National Agricultural Society of France. He died in Fontenay-sous-Bois in 1884.
  His name was included as one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower. He was a friend of Jacques Alexandre Bixio.
context_section_description: Jean-Augustin Barral (31 January 1819 – 10 September 1884) was a French agronomist and balloonist.
  Barral was born in Metz (Moselle). He studied at a polytechnic school and became a physicist as well as a professor of chemistry and agronomy. He wrote many works of popular science, especially concerning agriculture and irrigation, and became director of publication of scientific works. He was named perpetual secretary of the National Agricultural Society of France. He died in Fontenay-sous-Bois in 1884.
  His name was included as one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower. He was a friend of Jacques Alexandre Bixio.
caption: Barral and Bixio balloon ascent, 1850
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