Neptune balloon accident. Historical artwork showing how the French balloonist Jules Durouf used an air anchor on 13 September 1878 to successfully su
Neptune balloon accident. Historical artwork showing how the French balloonist Jules Durouf used an air anchor on 13 September 1878 to successfully survive an accident in his balloon, the 'Neptune'. A similar accident later resulted in the death of the English aeronaut Joseph Simmons in August 1888, but Durouf had used a longer anchor which resulted in a slower emergency descent. Durouf also took other precautions which helped him survive the descent, and his anchor caught at ground level rather than at tree-top height. Artwork from the second volume (second period of 1888) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree'.
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