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Ascent in a tethered balloon by Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, (1754-1785) at the Jardin de Reveillon. Illustration from 'Histoire des ballons et des aeronautes celebres: 1783-1800' (History of balloons and famous aeronauts), by Gaston Tisandier (1843-1899), published in 1887.
Captive balloon ascent, Paris, 17 October 1783.
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