Gusmao Demonstrates Hot Air Lift: 42 Years Before the Montgolfiers
Brazilian priest Bartolomeu de Gusmao launched a small paper balloon filled with hot air before King John V of Portugal and his stunned court in Lisbon. The demonstration proved that heated air could lift objects off the ground, predating the Montgolfier brothers' famous flight by seventy-four years.
August 8, 1709
317 years ago
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Portugal
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Lisbon
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Bartolomeu de Gusmão
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John V of Portugal
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Hot air balloon
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Jesuits
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Lisbon
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Bartolomeu de Gusmão
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Balloon (aeronautics)
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Saverio Mercadante
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Gabriella di Vergy
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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
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