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Meanings of montgolfier in English
Lighter than air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air.
Related terms
French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
Usage of montgolfier in English
1
There was a montgolfier combined with the balloon of inflammable air.
2
He plays hoop with barrel-hoops and makes little montgolfier balloons by inflating paper bags.
3
The montgolfier, elongated to its utmost stretch, was manifestly being sucked into a vortex.
4
The montgolfier came down in good order.
5
A montgolfier! cried Servadac.
6
To Lieutenant Procope himself was entrusted the superintendence of the construction of the montgolfier, and the work was begun at once.
7
It is suspected the heat of the montgolfier rarefied too much the inflammable air of the other, and occasioned it to burst.
8
At this point we will leave the work of the brothers Montgolfier.
9
This little story I have translated from the French of Mademoiselle Montgolfier.
10
Etienne Montgolfier has left us a description of this first balloon.
11
He suggested a number of alterations, which Montgolfier adopted at once.
12
Roziers placed the crown that had been given to him upon Montgolfier's head.
13
It said later it did not know what de Montgolfier's estimates were based on.
14
Thus we see how simply the ascent of Montgolfiers, and their motions, are explained.
15
Two brothers, Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, had started the craze.
16
The balloon was invented by a Frenchman named Montgolfier.
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