Louis-Sébastien Lenormand
...that Louis-Sébastien Lenormand invented what is now known as BASE jumping by parachuting from the tower of the Montpellier observatory in 1783 , and also coined the word parachute?
...that <b id="mwDn0"><a href="./Louis-Sébastien_Lenormand" id="mwDn4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis-Sébastien Lenormand">Louis-Sébastien Lenormand</a></b> invented what is now known as <a href="./BASE_jumping" id="mwDn8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BASE jumping">BASE jumping</a> by <a href="./Parachute" id="mwDoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parachute">parachuting</a> from the tower of the <a href="./Montpellier" id="mwDoE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montpellier">Montpellier</a> observatory in 1783 <i id="mwDoI">(jump illustrated)</i>, and also coined the word <i id="mwDoM">parachute</i>?