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Show 'Chute) Jump in 1802 On September 4, 1S02, Andre Jacques Gnrnorin descended 8,X)0 feet In a parachute, a feat that naturally nat-urally astounded Europe. He was not the Inventor of It, but he "did more to make known and popularize the parachute than any other man," says the World In the Air. The parachute is the oldest known means of aerial support, and its Invention In-vention Is commonly attributed to Leonardo da Vlncl. In his Codex Atlantlcus, published In 11!)5, he had an Illustration accompanied by the explanation: "If a man have a tent roof of calked linen 12 hra-cla hra-cla (yards) broad and 12 bra-cla bra-cla high he will be able to let himself him-self fall any great height without danger to himself. |