On August 27th 1784 James Tyler undertook the first balloon ascent in Britain

Published on 27 August 2023 at 00:01

Tyler took the Grand Edinburgh balloon 106 meters up and flew about a kilometer on it. It is noteworthy that Mr. Tyler worked as a simple pharmacist, but he went down in history not only as an aeronaut, but also as a person who edited the Encyclopædia Britannica (2nd edition).

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