- André-Jacques
Garnerin (31
January 1769 – 18
August 1823) was a
French balloonist and the
inventor of the
frameless parachute. He was
appointed Official...
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Jeanne Geneviève
Garnerin (née Labrosse; 7
March 1775 – 14 June 1847) was a
French balloonist and parachutist. She was the
first to
ascend solo and the...
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Garnerin Point (64°41′S 62°10′W / 64.683°S 62.167°W / -64.683; -62.167) is a
point on the west
coast of
Graham Land, Antarctica,
projecting into Wilhelmina...
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Paula Hieronymus de
Garnerin de la T****le,
Count von
Montgelas (German:
Maximilian Karl
Joseph Franz de
Paula Hieronymus de
Garnerin de la T****lle Graf...
- Élisa
Garnerin (1791 – 1853) was a
French balloonist and parachutist. She was the
niece of the
pioneer parachutist André-Jacques
Garnerin, and took advantage...
- 1797,
Paris was also the site of the
first parachute jump in history, by
Garnerin. In the
summer of 1789,
Paris became the
centre stage of the
French Revolution...
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event was not
witnessed by others). On 12
October 1799,
Jeanne Geneviève
Garnerin ascended in a
gondola attached to a balloon. At 900
meters she detached...
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artist with a keen
amateur interest in science. He had seen André-Jacques
Garnerin make the
first parachute jump in
England in 1802 (the
first modern parachute...
- John Law,
dating from 1840 in its
present form. It was the site of Élisa
Garnerin's parachute jump from a
balloon in 1817.
There is also a park and garden...
- role of "Aeronaut of the
Official Festivals",
replacing André-Jacques
Garnerin. On the
restoration of the
monarchy in 1814 she
performed for
Louis XVIII...
