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Image Title: Experience Aerostatique Faite A Lyon; D'un Ballon De Cent Pieds De Diametre Le 10 i.e. 19 Janvier 1784, A Midi 48 Minutes, 1784

Date: 1784

Summary: Print shows the balloon, "Le Flesselles" ascending over Lyon, France, on January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)

Subjects: Balloon ascensions--France--Lyon--1780-1790
Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Lyon--1780-1790
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel,--1740-1810
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean-Francois,--1754-1785

Original Media: Etching

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