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	Montgolfier brothers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier (August 26, 1740 –; June 26, 1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (January 6, 1745 –; August 2, 1799), (Someone who is the first to think of or make something) inventors of the montgolfière (Click link for more info and facts about hot air balloon) hot air balloon.
		This was performed at (A city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century) Versailles, before (Click link for more info and facts about Louis XVI of France) Louis XVI of France, to gain his permission for a trial human flight.
		Only one of the brothers (the exact one is unkown) ever flew himself in a balloon, and then only once.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/montgolfier_brothers.htm (296 words)

	Encyclopedia: Montgolfier brothers
		The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier (August 26, 1740 â“ June 26, 1810) and Jacques Ãtienne Montgolfier (January 6, 1745 â“ August 2, 1799), inventors of the montgolfiÃ¨re hot air balloon.
		Only one of the brothers (the exact one is unknown) ever flew himself in a balloon, and then only once.
		Hot air balloons soon were superseded by hydrogen gas balloons and did not return until the 1960s when Raven Industries improved the safety of the classic Montgolfier design by using ripstop nylon for the envelope and propane gas as the burner fuel.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Montgolfier-brothers (1131 words)

	flight - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The beginning of the development of the balloon was the work of two brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, who came to the conclusion that a paper bag filled with a ‘substance of a cloud-like nature’ would float in the atmosphere.
		Progress was made gradually, and the first person-carrying ascent took place in October 1783, when Pilatre de Rozier went up in a Montgolfier captive balloon.
		The first woman to ascend was Madame Thible, who went up from Lyons in 1784.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /flight (1599 words)

	AllRefer.com - Joseph Michel Montgolfier (Aviation, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		On June 5, 1783, they sent up at Annonay, near Lyons, a large linen bag inflated with hot air; its flight covered more than a mile and lasted 10 min.
		In the same year a Montgolfier balloon sailed over Paris in the first manned free balloon flight.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Montgolf.html (179 words)

	Read about Montgolfier brothers at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Montgolfier brothers and learn about Montgolfier ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Montgolfier brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier (August 26, 1740 –; June 26,
		1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (January 6, 1745 –; August 2,
		On November 21, 1783, the first free flight by humans was made by Pilâtre de Rozier and
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Montgolfier_brothers (338 words)

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