Episode 2
Douglas Hodge reads Richard Holmes' account of the scientific developments of the late-18th century. The invention of the hot air balloon led to a spate of crowd-pulling spectacles.
Douglas Hodge reads Richard Holmes' account of the scientific ferment that swept through Britain in the late-18th century.
The invention of the hot air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 led to a spate of crowd-pulling spectacles, and the fierce rivalry of the first cross-Channel 'aeronauts'.
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