The Montgolfier brothers' balloon launch from Versailles in the presence of the king, September 1783. Woodblock engraving by E. Deschamps from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.

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