Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) were paper manufacturers from Annonay, in Ardèche, France best known as inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique. They launched the first piloted ascent, carrying Étienne. Joseph Michel also invented the self-acting hydraulic ram (1796), Jacques Étienne founded the first paper-making vocational school and the brothers invented a process to manufacture transparent paper.
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Name(s):
Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier
Occupation:
Inventor of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon
Birth:
6 January 1745
Annonay, Ardèche, France
Death:
2 August 1799
Serrières, France
Additional Information:
- Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier | French aviators …
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French brothers Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 – 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 – 1799) were the inventors of the first practical hot air balloon.