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An Italian pioneer of this technology gave rise to a trend for “Lunardi skirts” in England. Enthusiasm for this technology in France diminished after a 1785 accident that killed Jean-François (20[2])Pilâtre (20[1])de Rozier (20[4])(“zhahn-frahn-SWAH pee-LAH-twuh duh ROH-zee-ay”). It’s not the telegraph, but a Corps that used this technology (20[1])to gather intelligence (20[1])at the (20[2])Battle (20[1])of Antietam (20[4])was led (20[1])by (20[1])Thaddeus S. C. (20[1])Lowe. (20[3])This technology powered bombs that killed six people in Bly, Oregon (20[1])in the only (20[1])fatal (*) Fu-Go (10[1])long-distance attack (10[1])during World War II. In France, this technology was pioneered by the Montgolfier (10[1])brothers (10[1])and later used by Léon Gambetta to escape the Siege of Paris. (10[2])For 10 points, name this technology (10[1])that Jean-Pierre Blanchard used in 1785 to float across the English Channel. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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