Item 555583
Blanchard tests a parachute using animals...
555583
CONCORD HERALD, Concord, New Hampshire, June 27, 1793 * Jean-Pierre Blanchard
* Parachute experiments
* Aviation
On page 3 under "Philadelphia" is an interesting report about the successful testing of a parachute by Mr. Blanchard, the famous balloonist. Says
* ...a dog, a cat and a squirrel were carried up with the Parachute by a balloon
States that a match was placed "to burn" at a certain height and sever the connection between the two, which it did, "...the belloon then ascended with redoubled velocity, and the parachute descended...in the shape of an umbrella...[and] brought the travellers safely to the ground near Bushhill, from the heighth of about one mile." Area of staining in unrelated content.
Other news of the day with many ads. Two small engravings within the masthead.
Some foxing, otherwise good. 4 pages. $70.00
