“Balloon Madness”: Politics, Public Entertainment, the Transatlantic Science of Flight, and Late Eighteenth-Century America (2010)
The article discusses ballooning in the U.S. during the late eighteenth-century and its influence on politics, public entertainment, and the transatlantic science of flight. An example is given of a British-born mechanic Joseph Deeker who sought the materials necessary to construct and fill an air balloon. According to the author, Deeker was counting on the generosity of NYC citizens despite the fact that Deeker's arrival in the U.S. was not universally welcomed. Topics include how the trend toward popular validation influenced 18th-century science in America, ballooning as a representation of America's volatile experience with modernity, and insight into human flight and the social aspects of science.
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