Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French inventor, older of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers
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Place of Birth: Davézieux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
- 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 Jacques-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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Source: Musée des Papeteries Canson et Montgolfier
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Source: Musée des Papeteries Canson et Montgolfier
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