Montgolfier

[mɔnt'ɡɔlfiə]

Definition

(noun.) French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810).

(noun.) French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799).

Typist: Natalie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

Checker: Luther

Definition

n. a balloon made by the brothers Montgolfier Joseph Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne (1745-99) of Annonay in 1783.

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