Sebastien Lenormand makes the first parachute descent from the tower of Montpelier observatory, December 1783. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after SKKL from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
Sebastien Lenormand makes the first parachute descent from the tower of Montpelier observatory, December 1783. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after SKKL from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.