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A 19th-century set of ten cards depicting events in the history of
ballooning
and
parachuting
. These cards depict, from left to right:
Top row:
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
and
Jean-Baptiste Biot
reaching an altitude of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) (1804)
André-Jacques Garnerin
making a parachute descent in his gondola (1797)
Louis-Sébastien Lenormand
making the first witnessed
parachute
descent (1783)
A series of fantastic flying machines dreamed up during the 18th century
Use of balloons for
reconnaissance
during the
Battle of Mainz
(1795)
Bottom row:
The
coronation balloon
of
Napoleon I
(1804)
The death of
Sophie Blanchard
(1819)
Francesco Zambeccari
and two companions adrift in the
Adriatic Sea
(1804)
The death of
Thomas Harris
(1824)
Francesco Arban
is rescued by Italian fishermen (1846)
Chromolithograph
: Romanet & cie.
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