Flight in a dirigible balloon by the Duc de Chartres and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, July 15, 1784. The brothers flew for 45 minutes in the elongated craft. Handcolored engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Les Aerostats," Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1870.

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