Rossa Matilda Richter (1863 - 1937), AKA Zazel, was an English trapeze artist. In 1871, William Leonard Hunt developed a mechanism he called a "projector." Made out of heavy springs and Indian rubber, it shot a person forward, employing a gunpowder-based explosion only for effect. Richter's first performance of the stunt was on April 10, 1877, at the Royal Aquarium in London. She traveled 20 feet and landed in a net.

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Rossa Matilda Richter AKA Zazel, English Daredevil

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