The Casket...The Vauxhall Balloon and Parachute
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1837Description
Excerpt of an article about Robert Cocking's fatal descent in his parachute, written on the day of the accident by an eyewitness, with some history of the use of parachutes. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/678
Subject
Ballooning -- Accidents, Parachutes, Balloonists, Ballooning, Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809, Mason, Monck, 1803-1889, Green, Charles, 1785-1870, Cocking, Robert, Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823, The Casket of Literature, Science, and Entertainment