The first manned balloon ascent on October 15, 1783, to a height of 25 meters.
This ascent was made by the Marquis d'Arlandes and Pilatre de Rozier.
In: "Histoire des Ballons et des Aeronautes Celebres,"
by Gaston Tissandier, 1887, p. VII. Library Call Number TL616 .T57 1887.
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