Montgolfier, J.É. (English notation) MontgolfierJE

…His elder brother was Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810), and his younger brother was Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (1745-99). They were French balloon (hot air balloon) inventors who made the first successful flight in a balloon. They were engaged in paper manufacturing in Annan, near Lyon, France, and when they observed smoke rising into the sky, they came up with the idea of ​​a balloon that could trap the smoke. They burned damp straw, which produced a lot of smoke, and packed the smoke and heated air into a 10-meter diameter balloon made of paper lined with cloth, which they launched in Annan on June 5, 1783. …

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…兄はジョセフJoseph Michel Montgolfier(1740‐1810)，弟はジャックJacques Étienne Montgolfier(1745‐99)。フランスの気球(熱気球)発明者で，気球による人類初の飛行を成功させた。　フランスのリヨンに近いアノナーで製紙業を営んでいたが，煙が空へ登っていくのを観察して，それを閉じこめた気球の着想を得，多量の煙を発生する湿ったわらなどを燃やして，その煙と熱せられた空気を布で裏打ちした紙製の直径10mの気球につめ，1783年6月5日にアノナーで上昇させた。…

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