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Description: 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.
Title: First parachute2
Credit:   This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.02504. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. العربية | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | فارسی | suomi | français | magyar | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | polski | português | русский | slovenčina | slovenščina | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文(简体)‎ | 中文(繁體)‎ | +/−
Author: unknown artist, Tissandier collection
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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