one day in 1777 joseph montgolfier was relaxing in front of the fire with his laundry drying nearby. after a while he noticed that one of his shirts had started to float upwards…

One day in 1777 joseph montgolfier was relaxing in front of the fire with his laundry drying nearby. after a while he noticed that one of his shirts had started to float upwards When he saw them coming out of the chimney, he came to the conclusion that smoke had the power to lift things up and carry them through the air. Joseph loved science and wanted to become an inventor, so he started trying to think of a craft that would be able to capture smoke and heat and lift people off the ground On 19th September 1783, they presented their first hot-air balloon, which was made from paper and cloth. As this was its first trip, the Montgolfier brothers were too nervous to go up in the balloon themselves. So, instead they put a sheep, a duck and a chicken in the basket that hung below the balloon for the two-mile journey. Shortly afterwards, the brothers asked the king for permission to send men up in the balloon. The king agreed, and the first flight consisting of human passengers took place in Paris on 21st November 1783, with great success. сократи мне быстро я сказала