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Scene showing a stampede for the park gates through which a coach

North side of St Paul's Churchyard

and it and all other luxury cars suffered a dramatic downturn in sales

from which this plate is taken

the journey taking 15 days

Flight of a Montgolfier balloon mb-width 3732 Scene showing a stampede forView of a Montgolfier balloon being launched on a first flight at Versailles, France carrying a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. The balloon test lasted approximately eight minutes and was conducted before an audience that included Louis XVI, whose support for such experiments was being solicited. Frontispiece plate from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). Original: