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On lui doit aussi l'invention du parachute qu'il decrit dans les termes suivants Si un homme a un pavillon de toile empesee, dont chaque face ait 15 brasses de large et soit haute de 12 brasses, il pourra se jeter, de quelque grande hauteur que ce soit, sans crainte de danger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
