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| Picture No | 10294031 |
| Date | 1891 |
| Description | Invention - Carron's Cone |
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Mr. Carron, an engineer from Grenoble, France, invented a contraption that allowed humans to experience the sensation of a free fall of 300m! To achieve this, he conceived a bullet-like capsule with a height of approximately 10m, that contained a round room, 4m high and with a diameter of 3m. In this room, 15 comfortable chairs were to be placed in a circle so that victorian daredevils would suffer no inconvience from the fall.
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| Source | Engravings by Poyet from La Nature, 1891 p48 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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