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In 1766 in England, Henry Cavendish isolated hydrogen, the simplest of elements and the lightest of gases. Since it was lighter than air, he described it as having "negative weight" and proposed that it could be used to lift objects from the Earth, but be apparently didn't pursue the idea.

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