Balloon a wide range of applications. The rubber balloon was invented by Michael Faraday in 1824, during experiments with various gases. Balloon decorating Balloons are used for decorating birthday parties, weddings, corporate functions, school events, and for other festive gatherings. The artists who use the round balloons to build are called "stackers" and the artists who use pencil balloons to build are called "twisters." Most commonly associated with helium balloon decor, more recently balloon decorators have been moving towards the creation of air-filled balloon decorations due to the non-renewable natural resource of helium limited in supply. The most common types of
Thomas Harris (aviator) fields around the hotel were thronged with people who had come to see the balloon's departure. The disaster on 25 May was commemorated in a late 19th-century collecting card set depicting historical events in ballooning and parachuting. Thomas Harris (aviator) Thomas Harris (died 25 May 1824) was a pioneering English balloonist who was killed in an accident. There is little information about his early career, but he invented the gas discharge valve, a device to release all the gas in a gas balloon to prevent the balloon from dragging after landing. Thomas Harris was an inventive London scientist and held