The history of aeronautics. The first clearly recorded instance of a balloon carrying passengers used hot air to generate buoyancy and was built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France.
After experimenting with unmanned balloons and flights with animals, the first tethered balloon flight with humans on board took place on October 15, 1783. André-Jacques Garnerin carried out the first jump with a silk parachute on October 22, 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris. Garnerin's first parachute resembled a closed umbrella before he ascended; at a height of approximately 3,000 feet he severed the rope that connected his parachute to the balloon, and the basket fell to earth. Garnerin emerged uninjured. On January 7, 1785, Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. WordPress Templates. INTERACTIVE SHOWREEL. Pixel Acres » Blog Archive » Build a parallax scrolling website interface with jQuery and CSS. Parallax scrolling website interfaces have been popping up all over the place recently.
I didn’t want to miss out on the fun, so I have put together a parallax scrolling demo built using jQuery and CSS. Parallax what? Even if you’re not familiar with the term “parallax scrolling” you will certainly be familiar with the technique. Parallax scrolling is a 2d animation process that creates an illusion of depth by animating foreground layers faster than background layers.