The History of Hot Air Ballooning and the challenge of the Montgolfier Brothers
All for a shirt The Montgolfier brothers had the idea of using hot air to raise a balloon. It is said that Jacques-Etienne discovered the possibilities of this technology when observing how his wife’s shirt inflated while drying on a stove. Hot air was easy to obtain and could be stored temporarily inside a paper …
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