Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AEROSTATION
Etymology
Noun
aerostation (uncountable)
(obsolete) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
(obsolete) The science of weighing air; aerostatics.
Source: Wiktionary
A`ër*os*ta"tion (, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aérostation the art of using aërostats.]
1. Aërial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
2. The science of weighing air; aërostatics. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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