pot-pourri
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pot-pourri mixture of dried petals kept for perfume XVIII; musical or literary medley XIX. — F., ‘rotten pot’, i.e.
pot POT, pp. of
pourrir rot; tr. Sp.
OLLA PODRIDA.
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Reaching for the rainbow
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 2/3/2007; 538 words
; ...the adventure sports lovers invented the hot air ballooning. In 1783, two French brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, created and set aloft a 17.37-m high 'fire balloon' from the courtyard of the Versailles...
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Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/26/1996; 700+ words
; ...of Orford, statesman, 1676; Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, balloonist, 1740; Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist, 1743; Joseph Christoph Kessler (Kotzler...Queen Victoria, 1819; Stephen Joseph Perry, astronomer and Jesuit...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/25/1994; 695 words
; ...1541; The Rev Gilbert White, naturalist, 1793; Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, balloonist, 1810; Samuel Crompton, inventor of spinning mule, 1827; Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of the "Marseillaise...
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LIVING HISTORY; Students Become the Figures They'd Read and Heard About
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/16/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Benjamin Franklin, Pierre L'Enfant and John Adams, and less well-known figures such as Jacques Etienne and Joseph Michel Montgolfier, who together invented the hot-air balloon, and Comte de Buffon, a philosopher and scientist who studied...
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All-Time Top 100 Stars of Aerospace & Aviation Announced; Wright Brothers, Wernher von Braun Earn Top Ranking as Most Important and Influential Ever in Aviation Week's 'Top 100 Stars of Aerospace' Poll.
PR Newswire; 6/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...Jules Verne 21 John K. Northrop 22 Herb Kelleher 23 Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker 24 Jacques-Etienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier 25 tie Christopher Kraft 25 tie Antoine de Saint-Exupery 26 Curtis LeMay 27 Ernst Mach 28 Juan Trippe 29...
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You say: Stop the Clock: August 26.(Comment)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 8/26/2005; 338 words
; 1740 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in France. 1920 - Women in the USA were given the right to vote. 1936 - The BBC transmitted the...
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Take a break: A STEP BACK IN TIME.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 8/26/2003; 410 words
; ...of England, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. n 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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Retrospective Wales: In this week AUGUST 20.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...scheduled air flights began, between London and Paris. 1928 Anfield's famous Kop was opened. AUGUST 26 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. 1819 Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, was...
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Letter: ON THIS DAY . . .(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 8/26/2004; 296 words
; 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon by filling paper...
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IT HAPPENED TODAY
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 8/26/2008; 377 words
; ...of England, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. 1740: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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Joseph Michel Montgolfier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Michel Montgolfier , 1740-1810, and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier , 1745-99, French inventors...lasted 10 min. In the same year a Montgolfier balloon sailed over Paris in the...
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Joseph and Jacques Michel Étienne Montgolfier
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joseph and Jacques Michel É tienne Montgolfier The French inventors and industrialists Joseph Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques...brothers were born at Annonay, Joseph in 1740, É tienne on...
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Montgolfier, Joseph Michel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Montgolfier, Joseph Michel (1740–1810) and Jacques Étienne (1745–99) French inventors of the hot-air balloon. In 1782...
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Montgolfier, Étienne Jacques De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...MONTGOLFIER, MICHEL JOSEPH DE 2 ( b...tienne de Montgolfier first became...account of the Montgolfiers ’...tienne de Montgolfier himself arrived...balloons. Joseph de Montgolfier...Joseph de Montgolfier retired from...baptized Michel ...
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Blanchard, Jean-Pierre Franc¸ois
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Sciences publicly declared that Blanchard was foolish and that humans would never fly. When Jacques-Etienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier built a successful hot-air balloon and demonstrated it for King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette in 1783...
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