dc.coverage.spatial | Vauxhall Gardens (London, England) | en_US |
dc.creator | Unknown | en_US |
dc.date | 1837 July 29 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:32:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:32:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1837 | en_US |
dc.identifier | VBI_000442 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193416 | |
dc.description | Article from The Mirror about Robert Cocking's parachute accident and the history of the development of parachutes. An accompanying engraving shows Cocking's parachute ascending while attached to Charles Green's Vauxhall Balloon. | en_US |
dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/708 | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | No Copyright - United States | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Ballooning -- Accidents | en_US |
dc.subject | Balloonists | en_US |
dc.subject | Inventions | en_US |
dc.subject | Parachutes | en_US |
dc.subject | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction | en_US |
dc.subject | Gye, Frederick, 1810-1878 | en_US |
dc.subject | Graham, George, active 1823-1853 | en_US |
dc.subject | Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823 | en_US |
dc.subject | Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809 | en_US |
dc.subject | Green, Charles, 1785-1870 | en_US |
dc.subject | Cocking, Robert | en_US |
dc.title | Mr. Cocking's New Parachute | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections | en_US |
dc.type.genre | clippings (information artifacts) | |