montgolfier
general
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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.
noun
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French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
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French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
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