Thomas Harris

Male, Deceased Person

– 1824

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Who was Thomas Harris?

Thomas Harris was a pioneering English balloonist who was killed in an accident. There is little information about his early career, but he invented the gas discharge valve, a device to release all the gas in a gas balloon to prevent the balloon from dragging after landing.

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Nationality
  • England
Died
1824
Vauxhall

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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