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What year were dirigibles invented?

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The first recorded attempt at adding propulsion to a balloon was made in 1784 by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard, though the year before, papers were published by Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier to the French Academy detailing the invention.

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