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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193375
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1800-1899
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Article about the history of aeronautics and ballooning, including major events and figures. An accompanying illustration shows Garnerin's balloon parachute in a closed position, with a dotted line representing the shape of the expanded parachute.
 
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Balloons (aircraft), Balloonists, Ballooning, Animals, Balloons -- History, Parachutes, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810, Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823, Robert, M. N. (Marie-Noël), 1761-1826, Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823, Romain, Pierre, died 1785, Arlandes, François Laurent, marquis d', 1742-1809, Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809, Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806, Giroud de Villette, André, Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1754-1785
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