fire balloon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire balloon
First recorded in 1815–25
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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
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 downwards from moderate elevations.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Thomas De Quincey
As soon as it did, a fire balloon was sent up.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Again it is a Montgolfier or fire balloon, and on nearing earth it becomes entangled in a tree and catches fire.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
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
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