Hermann Lattemann
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Hermann Lattemann was a German
Germans
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 balloon pilot and inventor who experimented with an early prototype of a parachute
Parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...

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

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

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