11-22-2008, 05:16 AM
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The Reforms
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Early flight collecting card: Sébastien Lenormand conducts the first experiment in parachuting, Montpellier (1783) by trialsanderrors
The first public parachute jump by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in Montpellier, France, on December 26, 1783.
The third card from an uncut set of ten, labeled "Collection 476, 2ème série", issued by Romanie & Cie. in the late 19th Century, to commemorate events in ballooning history from 1795 to 1846.
Taken from the Tissandier Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.
[PD] This picture is in the public domain.
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