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Balloon descent at Gonesse, France
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Balloon descent at Gonesse, France
The first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris. Writhing with the slow expulsion of its malodorous impure hydrogen, it terrified the inhabitants, who attacked it with guns and pitchforks, and tied it to the tail of a horse which they drove off over the field.
27 August 1783
Media ID 7475229
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
1780s 1783 Afraid Ascended Attacked Ballooning Champ Descended Descent Drove Expulsion Fear Frightened Guns Hydrogen Impure Inhabitants Landing Mars Pitch Forks Slow Suspicion Suspicious Tail Technology Terrified Tied Trial Villagers
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