File:Engraving of Richard Crosby's flight to Limerick, 1786.jpg

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Engraving of Richard Crosby's flight to Limerick, 1786

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English: The ascent of Crosbie's balloon over the House of Industry, on 27 April, 1786. The amazing journey was immortalised in an engraving in Ferrar’s History of Limerick, 1787. The engraving shows Crosbie’s balloon drifting over Limerick city. John Ferrar. Richard Crosbie's balloon in sky (flight on 27 April 1786).
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Source http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Media,4067,en.pdf
Author John Ferrar (1742–1804)

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