Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783; Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only passengers aboard the first balloon flight.

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