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Hot-air balloons were not a bunch of hot air
By
Cheryl Petersen
The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, originated circa 1660. Two-hundred and thirty years ago, Benjamin Franklin, inventor and politician in newly founded America, wrote a letter to Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society in Britain, telling him about an upcoming first-time manned flight. For people to fly was ridiculous,…
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