François Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes | French aviator | Britannica (original) (raw)

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development of balloons

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  In balloon
  …Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’Arlandes, sailed over Paris in a Montgolfier balloon. They burned wool and straw to keep the air in the balloon hot; their flight covered 5.5 miles (almost 9 km) in about 23 minutes. In December of that year the physicist Jacques Charles,…
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participation in early balloon flight

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  In Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
  …with Pilatre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’Arlandes, as passengers. The balloon sailed over Paris for 5.5 miles (9 kilometres) in about 25 minutes.
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  In balloon flight: Charles and de Rozier join the race
  …balloon ready, de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’Arlandes, persuaded the king to permit them to make the first manned free flight. On November 21 they went aloft over Paris. A little more than 20 minutes and 16 km (10 miles) later, they safely returned to Earth. Ten days later…
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