The parachute was covering the top of the balloon. It remained in position once the balloon deflated, and allowed to fall gently. There were several demonstrations, I think; people were crazy about ballons back then and experimented a lot of things.
Here is one one of the accounts in French, published in Le Républicain’s edition from Aug 12, 1894 :
The parachute was covering the top of the balloon. It remained in position once the balloon deflated, and allowed to fall gently. There were several demonstrations, I think; people were crazy about ballons back then and experimented a lot of things.
Here is one one of the accounts in French, published in Le Républicain’s edition from Aug 12, 1894 :