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Blanchard tests a parachute using animals...
Blanchard tests a parachute using animals...
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June 27, 1793
CONCORD HERALD, New Hampshire, June 27, 1793
* Jean-Pierre Blanchard
* Early parachute experiment
On page 3 under "Philadelphia" is an interesting report about the successful testing of a parachute by Mr. Blanchard, the famous balloonist. It includes: " ...a dog, a cat and a squirrel were carried up with the Parachute by a balloon." It also states that a match was placed "to burn" at a certain height and sever the connection between the two, which it did, "...the belloon then ascended with redoubled velocity, and the parachute descended...in the shape of an umbrella...[and] brought the travellers safely to the ground near Bushhill, from the height of about one mile."
Four pages, two small engravings within the masthead, scattered foxing, generally nice.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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