hot-air balloon

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“The pink silks, bronze golds and the upholstery, it all suits Glinda. And the bubble becomes a hot-air balloon — the Wizard’s technology.”

From Los Angeles Times

The basic idea of a plume is familiar, if you’ve ever watched water boil or a hot-air balloon in flight: in a fluid, hot material rises and cold material sinks, a process called convection.

From Scientific American

“Eccentric Lives,” a collection of cheeky obituaries from Britain’s Daily Telegraph, includes one about a viscount who shot at a hot-air balloon.

From New York Times

An alert data hoarder, a shrewd analyst, and a propulsive stylist, Davis views the hot-air balloon called the art world in a broad political context.

From New York Times

Among the notices is one for the 17th Viscount Mountgarret who, in 1982, became outraged that a hot-air balloon was flying over his grouse moor in Yorkshire.

From New York Times