Hermann Lattemann

Hermann Lattemann (September 14, 1852, Gebhardshagen near Braunschweig - June 17, 1894, Krefeld) was a German balloon pilot and inventor who experimented with an early prototype of a parachute.

Together with his wife Käthe Paulus, Lattemann designed a parachute prototype in an attempt to make balloon flights safer. The main invention was to have parachutes folded and packed in bags.

Lattemann died during a test.^[1] His parachute failed to open, although his wife's parachute did open, when they both jumped out of a balloon named "Fin de Siècle".

References

^ Soden, Garrett (2005). Defying Gravity: Land Divers, Roller Coasters, Gravity Bums, and the Human Obsession With Falling, New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-32656-X

External links

History of parachute mentioning Lattemann's work

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Name	Lattemann, Hermann
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Date of birth	September 14, 1852
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Date of death	June 17, 1894
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