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Français : Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797
English: Jacques Garnerin's first parachute, which he tested on himself at Parc Monceau, Paris, on 22 October 1797). Caption translation: (Figure 1) Canopy of the parachute; (figure 2) Parachute position at the instant of departure (from the ground into the air); (figure 3) Parachute deployed at the instant of separation from the balloon.
Date between 1800 and 1850
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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09:29, 19 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 09:29, 19 February 20094,359 × 4,604 (19.84 MB)Durova{{Information |Description=[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797] (Jacques Garnerin's first parachute, which he tested at Parc Monceau, Paris, on 22 October 1797). |Source=Library of Cong

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