Balloonomania
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Balloonomania was a strong public interest or fad in balloons that originated in France in the late 18th century and continued into the 19th century, during the advent of balloon flights. The interest
Advertisement for a public balloon demonstration flight by Gustave Lambert in Paris, 1869
The Ascent of Charles's Balloon from the Champ de Mars, as depicted in Wonderful Balloon Ascents (1870)
Railway Mania
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Railway Mania was a stock market bubble in the railway industry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1840s. It followed a common pattern: as the price of railway shares increased,
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…Parachuting animals Railway mania Holmes, Richard (2008). The Age of Wonder. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-00-714952-0…
A painting of the inaugural journey of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, by A. B. Clayton
George Hudson