From the book in Italian called "Opuscoli" by Agostino Gerli. Gerli and his brothers built the first Italian balloon for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Andreani" class="extiw" title="en:Paolo Andreani">Andreani</a> for his 1784 ascent
Agostino Gerli
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