Francesco Lana de Terzi
(1631–1687)

Italian Jesuit who first recorded the idea of the hot-air balloon in 1670.

Francesco Lana de Terzi

Works

  • Prodromo (Brescia, 1670) in which Lana's ideas of aerial navigation are discussed.

Works about Lana

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