fire balloon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire balloon
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Winds gusting through a vast tinderbox of undergrowth made the fire balloon in size and merge with a smaller blaze.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Then Nan had a big fire balloon that she sent up, and they watched it until it was out of sight, away over the pond and clear out of Meadow Brook.
From The Bobbsey Twins in the Country by Laura Lee Hope
As he had made many a fire balloon, and had succeeded in some attempts at bringing down cats by parachutes, it was not very difficult to fly downward from moderate elevations.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
The brothers Braguet were to make an ascent from the Mustapha Plain in a small fire balloon heated with burning straw, and this risky performance was successfully carried out by the enterprising aeronauts.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
The balloon used was a Montgolfier, or fire balloon, and, in spite of its ready inflation, MM.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
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