The Launch of the First Hot Air Balloon | The History of Science | BBC Earth Science
140In the small town of Annonay, the first hot air balloon in history took flight. What followed was a mania that swept France: the competition to create a balloon that could lift a man off the ground.
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Taken from 'The History of Science' (2010).
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