Everything That You Need to Know About Balloons
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A balloon is nothing but a flexible bag made from materials like rubber, polychloroprene, latex and nylon fabric, which is filled with gases like hydrogen, helium, nitrous oxide or air. Balloons are generally used for various decoration purposes for celebrations and parties. But some balloons are used for other purposes such as military, defense, medical treatment, meteorology and transportation. He word 'balloon' was derived from the French word 'ballon' which means large ball. In Latin 'ballone' means ball and from the Middle English both 'bal' and 'beall' means ball.
The first balloon was invented by a priest Bartolomeu de Gusmao and it was exhibited during an exhibition on 8th August, 1709 in Lisbon. Michael Faraday invented the rubber balloon in 1824 which was filled with hydrogen gas and was used in experimentation. J.G Ingram invented the first latex balloons in 1847 in London, England. The mass production of latex balloons was manufactured around 1930s. Today the party balloons are made up of natural latex from the trees which yield rubber. These balloons were filled up with ordinary air and helium gas, and even sometimes with water for fun and other suitable gases.
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