First 45-minute flight of the elongated dirigible hydrogen balloon of the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas Louis, July 15, 1784. Handcolored engraving by after an illustration by Ch. L from A. Sircos and Th. Pallier's "Histoire des Ballons," Roy, Paris, 1876.

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