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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4944673, member: 102653"]Very neat thread and I love to see the various pieces you have. One question sticks out to me; what happened in the ~1500 years between the appearance in China and the display in front of the Portuguese court? Was there much use or advancements in East Asia (or elsewhere) of balloon technology during this time or did it mostly fulfil its known purpose of signaling and progress stalled? </p><p><br /></p><p>I looked through my odd metals and tokens and found no balloons. I did find, however, another niche aerial transport vehicle.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1188626[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 4944673, member: 102653"]Very neat thread and I love to see the various pieces you have. One question sticks out to me; what happened in the ~1500 years between the appearance in China and the display in front of the Portuguese court? Was there much use or advancements in East Asia (or elsewhere) of balloon technology during this time or did it mostly fulfil its known purpose of signaling and progress stalled? I looked through my odd metals and tokens and found no balloons. I did find, however, another niche aerial transport vehicle. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1188626[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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