Exploring Science in a Balloon
Mar 10, 2017
By Tom Crouch
From Edgar Allen Poe to Jules Verne, 19th century authors employed balloons in imaginative tales to carry their heroes to unexplored sections of Africa and even the Moon. Real-life explorers employed the lighter-than-air craft to probe the upper reaches of the atmosphere, or float across the arctic wastes in an attempt to reach the North Pole.
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