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8/20/1832 0 Jefferson NH Born
1/1/1847 15 Left NH for Boston - Apprentice to shoe maker
1/1/1850 18 NH Became ill returned to home
1/1/1852 20 Started calling himself Professor Lowe
1/1/1855 23 Constructed a balloon to study the atmosphere
2/14/1855 23 Married Leontine
1/1/1856 24 Bought first balloon - it was too small
1/1/1857 25 Invented many things
Altimiter for measuring altitude without a horizon
built largest aerostat to that date
1/1/1859 27 Cinncinati OH Balloon flight from Cinncinatti to South Carolina at start of Civil War
Captured as norther spy
flew 900 miles in 9 hours
1/1/1860 28 Invited to Philadelphia
1/1/1860 29 SC Balloon called New York mothballed
1/1/1861 29 First telegraph from a balloon to the ground
Cheif of Army Aeronautic Section
Invented system of signalling ground from balloon - later used in Brazil
1/1/1862 30 Norristown PA Invented ice machine
1/15/1913 81 Pasadena CA Died
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