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Who is credited with inventing the first practical, non-rigid parachute in 1797?

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1Louis-Sébastien Lenormand
2André-Jacques Garnerin✓
3Jean-Pierre Blanchard
4Leonardo da Vinci

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André-Jacques Garnerin

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