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Scene showing a stampede for the park gates through which a coach

An 1896 Pennington motor-tricycle

The Club met weekly at the Cock in Old Street Square

The money was from the Sporting Club chairman Mr Cyril Levan

from which this plate is taken

Flight of a Montgolfier balloon mb-width 3732 Scene showing a stampede forView of a Montgolfier balloon being launched on a first flight at Versailles, France carrying a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. The balloon test lasted approximately eight minutes and was conducted before an audience that included Louis XVI, whose support for such experiments was being solicited. Frontispiece plate from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). Original: