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Bartolomeu de Gusmão

Portuguese scientist · Portugal · Scientists · Lived 1685 to 1724 · aged 38

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Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Portuguese Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the operational principles of the hot air balloon and to build a functional prototype of such a device.

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Artistic impression of the Passarola, a conceptual airship imagined by Bartolomeu de GusmãoArtistic impression of the Passarola, a conceptual airship imagined by Bartolomeu de GusmãoPainting depicting the presentation before the Portuguese court of a small hot air balloon developed by Bartolomeu de GusmãoPainting depicting the presentation before the Portuguese court of a small hot air balloon developed by Bartolomeu de Gusmão

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Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Portuguese Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the operational principles of the hot air balloon and to build a functional prototype of such a device. He is also one of the main characters in Nobel Prize-winning José Saramago's Baltasar and Blimunda.

Country
Portugal
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1685 to 1724 · aged 38

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