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Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

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

Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

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

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

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..

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..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

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..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloon.

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

Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..

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