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DescriptionFirst parachute2.jpg
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.
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{{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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