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Hydrogen :: Hydrogen (n.) A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very

Venture :: Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.

Balloon :: Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon..

Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..

Balloon Fish :: Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish..

Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.

Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..

Balloonry :: Balloonry (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.

Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..

Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.

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