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https://boroughphotos.org/lambeth/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Lambeth01292.jpg1280929Mr.Cocking’s ill-fated parachute, attached to Mr.Green’s balloon ascending at Vauxhall Gardens. He described his invention as perfectly safe and the experiment took place on the 24th July 1837. The parachute was released at an estimated mile and a half from the ground, but turned over soon after, crashing at Lee with Mr Cocking still in […]