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- Manned balloon altitude records)about 29,500 ft (9,000 m); Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher in a balloon filled with coal gas. Glaisher lost consciousness during the ascent due to the low...48 KB (3,772 words) - 22:26, 17 May 2024
changes in ambient pressure outside the balloon, and the temperature of the contained lifting gas. This allows the balloon to keep a stable altitude for long...9 KB (970 words) - 15:40, 27 June 2024
continuous operating temperature for most balloons is 250 °F (121 °C). Hydrogen, being the lightest existing gas (7% the density of air, 0.08988 g/L at STP)...
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involved manned balloons, such as Montgolfiere hot-air balloons, Charlière gas balloons, or Rozière gas and hot-air hybrid balloons. This list does not...
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A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft...
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expansion of the gas caused the balloon to tear and it descended 45 minutes later 20 km (12 mi) away from Paris. Crewed high-altitude balloons have been used...
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needed] The balloons were fabric envelopes filled with hydrogen gas, the flammable nature of which led to the destruction of hundreds of balloons.[citation...
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A Rozière balloon (or simply Rozière) is a type of hybrid balloon that has separate chambers for a non-heated lifting gas (such as hydrogen or helium)...
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launch, the lifting gas (hydrogen or helium) in the balloons formed a small bubble at the top of the envelope, resulting in the balloon having a "limp" look...
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Challenge Gas Balloon Race, where special long-distance gas balloons are inflated and then launched. The winner of the race is the balloon that travels...
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latex versions. Gas balloons (air or helium types) may be used as water balloons, but are not typically preferred because the balloon wall thickness is...
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Robert brothers (section First hydrogen balloon)
difficulty was experienced in filling the balloon completely (the gas was hot when produced, but as it cooled in the balloon, it contracted). Daily progress bulletins...
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A hopper balloon (simply hopper) is a small, one-person hot air balloon. Unlike a conventional hot air balloon where people ride inside a basket, there...
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- gas balloon (plural gas balloons) A type of balloon that rises and floats and is filled with a gas lighter than air, such as helium or hydrogen.
- by Edgar Allan Poe The Balloon Hoax 1802The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe — The Balloon Hoax1850Edgar Allan Poe THE BALLOON-HOAX. [Astounding News
- inflating an inflatable, anything designed to be expanded with air or gas (such as a balloon) Wikipedia has an article about: Inflation (disambiguation) Look
- balloon floating in the atmosphere As long as a balloon plus the gas it contains weighs less than the atmospheric air which it displaces, the balloon
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