Article ID: CBB000660550

The “Balloonomania”: Science and Spectacle in 1780s England (2006)

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Authors & Contributors
Lynn, Michael R.
Koyoumjian, Phillip
Monica Mattfeld
Mills, R. J. W.
Zewail, Ahmed H.
Tega, Walter
Concepts
Science and society
Popularization
Balloons and ballooning
Societies; institutions; academies
Public understanding of science
Social class
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Enlightenment
19th century
Early modern
16th century
Places
England
France
United States
Wales
Americas
Germany
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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