Experience aerostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783
Experience aerostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783. Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only passengers aboard the first balloon flight. Date 1783
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