Dominic Michaelis is recorded as having owned the first pure solar balloon in Europe.
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In 1972, Dominic Michaelis, a British architect and the inventor of many solar utilities and projects, invented and built the first solar balloon, with a clear external surface and dark, heat-catching internal walls.
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