Flight of a Montgolfier balloon Finish:Rolled This relates to French troops

This relates to French troops entering Rome under the authority of General Dumont

Below is the site of the new City station

'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp'

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Flight of a Montgolfier balloon Finish:Rolled This relates to French troopsView 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: