Biot and gay lussac 1804 plate - udvar-hazy center, dulles international airport, chantilly, virginia, usa. French plate from the 1800s. French scientists joseph louis gay-lussac and jean-baptiste biot - ascending from the garden of the conservatoire des arts et métiers (wikisource) - reached an altitude of 4000 meters on 24 august 1804. Ascending without biot gay-lussac reached a new record of 7016 meters a few days later, on 16 september.
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