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I—Notes on the History of Ballooning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

C. H. Gibbs-Smith
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Extract

The invention of the balloon was almost a casual affair, unrelated to other contemporary inventions and unheralded by prior developments. The hot-air balloon could have been invented at any time since the mastery of thin textile manufacture, which can be dated well before the Christian era. The hydrogen balloon could not have come about until after Cavendish had isolated the gas in 1766. As it finally turned out, both types of balloon were invented in the year 1783.

Type
Ballooning
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1957 , pp. 63 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1957

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