History and Practice of Aerostation

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URI

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193426

Date

1797-1807

Description

Article about Garnerin's parachute design with his account of a descent made from St. George's Parade, accompanied by an illustration showing Garnerin's parachute in various stages of deployment. The article also references Robert Cocking's parachute accident.

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Subject

Inventions, Balloonists, Balloons (aircraft), Parachutes, St. Pancras (Church : Exeter, England), Garnerin, André Jacques, 1769-1823, Cocking, Robert, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816