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On December 28 at 21:16 London time, technicians inflated and released a 532,000-cubic-metre aerostatic balloon from near McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

On 28 December at 21:16 London time, technicians inflated and released a 532,000-cubic-metre aerostatic balloon from near McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

It suggested military potential, and by 1794 the French revolutionary Aerostatic Corps was ready for action.

Semasphere, sem′a-sfēr, n. an aerostatic signalling apparatus.

The First Consul caused ascents in picturesque balloons to be made on occasions of public rejoicing for victories, in order to strike the imaginations of the Egyptians, and an aerostatic academy was established near Paris.