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Definition of Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
1. Noun. French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
Literary usage of Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"We now come to the invention of the balloon, which was due to Joseph Michel
Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799), ..."
2. Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in the Library of the University by University of Pennsylvania Library, Arthur Clinton Boggess, Lightner Witmer, American Philosophical Society Library (1908)
"Description of an ascension made in the aerostatic machine invented by the
brothers [Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne] Montgolfier. Mem. 3 p. (In French. ..."
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