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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Joseph-Michel Montgolfier".

Oct 15, 2026

Unknown podcast

Pilâtre de Rozier, the Château de la Muette, and the October Morning in Seventeen Eighty-Three When a Man First Left the Ground

Oct 15 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST
1:11
But there is a whole different chapter, 120 years earlier, and it starts not with an engineer or a mechanic but with two papermakers staring into a fireplace in southern France.
Tail DraggerHOST
1:20
Joseph Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier were brothers from Annonay, a small town in the Ardèche region.
Tail DraggerHOST
1:27
Their family made paper.
Tail DraggerHOST
1:28
Good paper by all accounts.
bsnsHistory

bsnsHistory

October 15, 2026: When the Sky Became a Stage

Oct 15 · 1 Mention

Ron TrucksHOST
3:08
They were paper makers, sons of a prosperous manufacturing family from Annonay, a town in southeastern France.
Ron TrucksHOST
3:18
Joseph-Michel was the dreamer, quiet and endlessly curious about chemistry and fire.
Ron TrucksHOST
3:26
Jacques-Étienne was the organizer, charming, practical, and far better at working the room.
Ron TrucksHOST
3:34
Their idea reportedly started with a fireplace.

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