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Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'est élevée à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783
Summary
Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
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Date
1700 - 1800
Location
Montparnasse (Paris, France), 48.84306, 2.32139
Source
Library of Congress
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