Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon at Billancourt, 2 March 1784. Blanchard added flapping wings to his balloon in an attempt to drive it. Handcolored engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Les Aerostats," Paris, 1876.

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