A balloon in flight Finish:10-pack Zoological studies of a Paradise

Zoological studies of a Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis posed on a small stone

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A balloon in flight Finish:10-pack Zoological studies of a ParadiseScene showing a decorated balloon in flight at Faubourg Saint Antoine, France, on 19 October 1783. The balloon has a gallery or gondola for two passengers. Below can be seen a stepped platform with onlookers. Plate 8 from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). According to textual notes this balloon reached a height of 324 feet on the third in a sequence of flights