The Montgolfier brothers were the inventors of the hot air balloon! Joseph-Michel was born in France on 26th Aughust 1740 and Jacques Etienne on 6th January 1745. Of the two brothers, It was Joseph wha was inerested in aeromautics.
The Montgolfier brothers made hot air ballon because they thought burning created a gas which they called Montgolfier gas. They didn’t know that their ballons rose because the heated air was was lighter than the air around them. Joseph got the idea by looking at the clouds and wanted to float in the sky.
Joseph-Michel was the dreamer and Jacques-Etienne was the business man. I like the Montigolfier brothers because their dream came true.
The Montgolfier brothers
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