Balloon descent at Gonesse, France

The first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris. Writhing with the slow expulsion of its malodorous impure hydrogen, it terrified the inhabitants, who attacked it with guns and pitchforks, and tied it to the tail of a horse which they drove off over the field

1780s 1783 Afraid Ascended Attacked Ballooning Champ Descended Descent Drove Expulsion Gonesse Hydrogen Impure Inhabitants Pitchforks Slow Suspicion Suspicious Terrified Villagers Writhing

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