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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier: Media

French aviator

Videos

How Did the Montgolfier Brothers' Hot-Air Balloon Contribute to Aviation?
Hot-air ballooning from the Montgolfier brothers to the present.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
Miniature on ivory, late 18th century; in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Courtesy of the Musee Carnavalet, Paris; photograph, © Jacques Buchholz