Thomas Harris | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Early_flight_02561u_(9).jpg) Collecting card, portraying Harris falling to his death to save his companion. | |
| Born | |
| Died | 25 May 1824 |
| Cause of death | Fall |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Death in a ballooning accident |
Thomas Harris (died 25 May 1824) was a pioneering English balloonist who was killed in an accident. There is little information about his early career, but he invented the gas discharge valve, a device to release all the gas in a gas balloon to prevent the balloon from dragging after landing.[1]
- ^ L. T. C. Rolt, The Balloonists (Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1966; ISBN 0-7509-4202-9), pp. 115–116