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1505
1670
1783
In 1505 Leonardo
In 1670 a Jesuit monk In
1783 the first
Da Vinci worked
Francesco De Lana
hot air balloon was launched
on rational principles reasoned no air is lighter than
by Jean Francios and De Rozeir
of flight
some air
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1793
1797
1839
In 1793 Jean Pierre
In 1797 Andre Gurnerin
John Wise was wise
Blanchard flew in a jumped from
a balloon and lived he invented the
rip cord
Balloon watched by
George Washington
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1861-65
1862
1870-71
From 1861-65
In 1862 James Glaisher During the Franco Prussian War
balloons were used
and Henry Coxwell rose to the balloons were used
to
during the Civil War to
9,000 meters gather
information on the enemies
see enemies from the air.
without oxygen
from the air
and to get an aerial view
of a battle
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1875
In 1875 three French balloonists
floated more than 7,500 meters
with oxygen tanks but they passed out
at 7,500 meters only one survived