Image: Conical Parachute, 1470s, British Museum Add. MSS 34,113, fol. 200v
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Description: First known depiction of a parachute. The drawing (British Library Additional Manuscript 34,113, folio 200v.) comes from Italy and is dated at the 1470s, thus slightly preceding Leonardo da Vinci's parachute designs. Author unknown.
Title: Conical Parachute, 1470s, British Museum Add. MSS 34,113, fol. 200v
Credit: White, Lynn: "The Invention of the Parachute", Technology and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 3, (Jul., 1968), pp. 462-467 (463)
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