The inflation of the first hydrogen balloon, the Charli‚r‚

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The inflation of the first hydrogen balloon, the Charlière, August 1783.

The inflation of the first hydrogen balloon, the Charlière, August 1783.

Credits - 2001 National Air and Space Museum,
Smithsonian Institution (SI Neg. No. A-34575)

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