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Montgolfier

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(n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; - so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Montgolfier'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/montgolfier.html. 1828.
 
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