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Français : Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797

English: Jacques Garnerin's first parachute, which he tested on himself at Parc Monceau, Paris, on 22 October 1797). Caption translation: (Figure 1) Canopy of the parachute; (figure 2) Parachute position at the instant of departure (from the ground into the air); (figure 3) Parachute deployed at the instant of separation from the balloon.

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between 1800 and 1850

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unknown artist, Tissandier collection

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:44, 19 February 2009		4,359 × 4,604 (19.25 MB)	Durova	Additional selective brightness and contrast adjustments. Redid histogram and color balance, with new setting for partial desaturation.
	09:29, 19 February 2009		4,359 × 4,604 (19.84 MB)	Durova	{{Information \|Description=[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797] (Jacques Garnerin's first parachute, which he tested at Parc Monceau, Paris, on 22 October 1797). \|Source=Library of Cong

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André-Jacques Garnerin
Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin
Parachute
Parc Monceau
Paris in the 18th century
Talk:André-Jacques Garnerin
User:Durova/Featured credits at the Turkish language Wikipedia
User:Durova/Featured picture gallery/2009
User:Vietnamesepresident/Gallery
User talk:Durova/Archive 65
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/First silk parachute
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Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2010
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- أندريه جاك غارنوران
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- اندريه جاك غارنوران
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- 22 кастрычніка
- Андрэ Жак Гарнерэн
- Шаблон:Падзеі 22 кастрычніка
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- প্যারাশুট
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- André Jacques Garnerin
- Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse
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- Αντρέ-Ζακ Γκαρνερέν
- Παρκ Μονσώ
- Ζαν Ζενεβιέβ Λαμπρός
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- André-Jacques Garnerin
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- Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse
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- André-Jacques Garnerin
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- André-Jacques Garnerin
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- André-Jacques Garnerin
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- ვიკიპედია:რჩეული ფოტოები/2009
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- Parc Monceau
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- Pioniers van het parachutespringen
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- Paraquedas
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- André-Jacques Garnerin
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- История парашютизма
- Гарнерен, Андре-Жак
- Портал:Механика/В этот день/22-октября
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- Парк Монсо
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- André-Jacques Garnerin
- Vikipedi:Seçkin resim adayları/First parachute2.jpg
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- Şablon:GSR/2015-08-07
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- Андре Жак Гарнерен
- Історія парашутизму
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- Wikipedia:當年今日/10月22號
- Wikipedia:當年今日/10月

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Author	Library of Congress
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time	13:36, 19 February 2009
Color space	Uncalibrated