Parachute
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This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
Parachute
[Fr. parer, to guard; a, against; and chute, a fall.] An instrument in the form of an umbrella, which enables a person, by its resistance to the air, to drop down safely from a balloon.
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