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gas balloon

noun as in hot-air balloon

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After the discovery of the hydrogen-gas balloon, the most extravagant projects dazzled and bewildered the minds of men.

It was as if a man had touched the tip of a lighted cigar to a tiny, but much distended gas-balloon.

There are aeronauts, however, who prefer a journey in a Montgolfier to one in a gas-balloon.

The best shape for an air-balloon, or rather a gas-balloon, is that of a pegtop.

Pilatre de Rozier and M. Romain—gas balloon took fire—bothkilled.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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