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| Keywords: La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.jpg Artwork French cartoon shows a woman Physics personified whipping the bare bottom of one man possibly Janinet while another possibly Abbé Miollan walks away pulling up his trousers In the background men are inflating a balloon with hot air from a fire which apparently caused the balloon to ignite and enraged spectators who had paid admission to witness the ascent and who hastened the destruction of the balloon by fanning the flames and pulling it to pieces The print appears to ridicule the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon in Paris France Published France s n 1784 1 print etching with aquatint Institution LoC object history exhibition history credit line accession number LOC-image ppmsca 02331 PD-100 Images of Paris from the Library of Congress Hot air balloons in Paris Aircraft of the 18th century Balloon aircraft in art 1784 in Paris | ||||
