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Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members...

tape, wire and wood. The wings were covered with rubberized, silvery balloon cloth provided by Capt. Thomas Scott Baldwin of Hammondsport; hence the name...

High-altitude balloon Hot air balloon Observation balloon Research balloon Solar balloon Tethered balloon or moored balloon or captive balloon, a balloon that...

Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique, which launched the first confirmed piloted ascent...

the balloon, estimated to be 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft). The pair lived in Pößneck, a small town of about 20,000 where large quantities of cloth could...

these techniques. Fabric has a broader application than cloth.: 207  Fabric is synonymous with cloth, material, goods, or piece goods. The word 'fabric' also...

A para-balloon is a tool used in a variety of games. It appears as a parachute shape and is composed of fragments of colorful cloth in multiple, bright...

Glass cloth is a textile material woven from glass fiber yarn. Glass cloth was originally developed to be used in greenhouse paneling, allowing sunlight's...

The balloon is inflated and the burner is lit. Both families climb into the balloon's basket and cut their ropes. A fire is started in the cloth, but...

which borrowed the Persian word tāfta (تافته), which means "silk" or "linen cloth". As clothing, it is used in ball gowns, wedding dresses, and corsets, and...

rings into the balloons for structure. On the evening of the 10th, cloth balls soaked in oil are placed at the mouths of the balloons and ignited, lifting...

Vrákes are usually made of sturdy cotton double cloth, usually dark blue or black, with brighter color cloth used as the belt. They were usually worn with...

replacement inner tubes. Most of bicycle inner tubes are torus-shaped balloons while some are not. For example, inner tubes in bicycles of the Moscow...

rifle calibre cartridges were less satisfactory for balloon busting (shooting down observation balloons) than larger calibres carrying incendiary or tracer...

realistic cloth on caricatured humans was harder than creating the 10,000 balloons flying the house. New programs were made to simulate the cloth and for...

tear-resistant. Ripstop fabrics are used in yacht sails and spinnakers, hot air balloons, wingsuits, kites, free-flight models, parachutes, and hovercraft skirts...

Garnerin ascended in a gondola attached to a balloon. At 900 meters she detached the gondola from the balloon and descended in the gondola by parachute....

Steiner G (2005). "Migration of nitrosamines from rubber products—are balloons and condoms harmful to the human health?". Mol Nutr Food Res. 49 (3): 235–238...

rosin tightly wrapped in cloth and bound with wire. China is considered to have developed the first simple hot-air balloons. According to the sinologist...

uniforms from the time of Napoleon onwards which were the origin of the famous cloth "the blue horizon". The family's textile factories were situated at Châteauroux...