Smithsonian Report, 1901.— Lyie. 



Plate VI. 



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The Start on the first Official Trial around Eiffel Tower, July 1 3, 6.41 a. m. 



•■ The little mail in the ba--ket above them rai.sed his liands and shouted. On the second the 

 timekeeper (Count de la Vaulx) called off 6.41, and man and balloon would have to be 

 back bv eleven minutes after seven." 



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Taken from the Eiffel Tower, July 13, 1901. The Balloon is over the 

 Trocadero, about One Hundred Yards away. 



