Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing a scene at a failing balloon ascension, in the interests of scientific inquiry, possibly by 'Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude.' Men struggle to inflate the balloon, labelled 'Lust to

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