Talk:André-Jacques Garnerin

First parachute jump?
Does anyone know whether the first parachute jump was done from a hot-air balloon or a hydrogen balloon? There seem to be conflicting reports on the web

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Apocryphal story about boy and hole?
I read when at school a piece of text about Garnerin's parachute. The story went that his first parachute was very unstable in descent. Amongst the crowd witnessing his jump was a small boy who suggested that a hole be put in the canopy. The crowd fell around laughing at him, but Garnerin didn't.

I can't find anything on the Internet about this story. Does anyone know whether it is true, or have a reference?

JBel (talk) 06:38, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

"Napoleonic wars"
Somebody should look at the linked page to learn when those wars happened! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.139.115.186 (talk) 11:55, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

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Primary Unit
As this article is about a French person, the primary unit should be SI per Wikipedia Manual of Style. Avi8tor (talk) 05:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)