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As regards the gradual entrance of air into the envelope of the balloon it could be met by passing the gas every so often through a "combustion chamber", thus the oxygen and hydrogen being burned by a red hot platinum wire kept hot by electricity the flame being prevented from spreading by double wire gauzes, and the water thus formed afterwards absorbed by lime.  

[[image - drawing of a tube showing electricity being supplied to the platinum wire and the wire gauzes]]