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from which this plate is taken

The money was from the Sporting Club chairman Mr Cyril Levan

The Club met weekly at the Cock in Old Street Square

Tombs of two Bishops of London in old St Paul's Cathedral

Flight of a Montgolfier balloon mb-width 3732 from which this plate isView of a Montgolfier balloon being launched on a first flight at Versailles, France carrying a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. The balloon test lasted approximately eight minutes and was conducted before an audience that included Louis XVI, whose support for such experiments was being solicited. Frontispiece plate from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). Original: