EditorialSebastien 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 Balloon...
EditorialFirst experience of the parachute, made by Sebastien Lenormand who threw himself from the top of the Montpellier Observatory tower, Louis-S?bastien Lenormand parachutes from the Tour de la Babote at Montpellier, Signed: H. R, Fig. 49, p. 273, 1876, Alf...
EditorialAutun, Tower of Ursulines, c. 1860s. Charles Lenormand (French, 1835-1904). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 30.4 x 23.7 cm (11 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.); matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.).
EditorialSebastien 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 Balloon...