One day in 1777 I was relaxing in front of the fire with my laundry drying nearby. After a while I noticed that one of my shirt had started to float upwards. I was curious about what was happening, so I threw some small peaces of paper into the fireplace to see if the same thing happened to them. Then I saw them coming out of the chimney, I came to the conclusion that smoke had a power to lift things up and carry them through the air. I loved science and wanted to became an inventor, so I started trying to think of the craft what would be able to capture smoke and lift people off the ground. Along with m brother, I began performing experiments on something that later became the first hot-air balloon.
We quickly realised that it was heat a not smoke that had a power to lift things. On 19th September 1783, we presented our first hot-air balloon, which was made from paper and cloth. We burned some straw underneath it and the heat helped the balloon to float. We were too nervous to go up in the balloon ourselves. So, instead we put a sheep, a duck and a chicken in the basket.
The new invention was a great success and the animals landed safe and sound. A huge crowd, including some members of the French Royal Family gathered to watch the balloon floating high in the sky. Shortly afterwards we asked the king for the permission to send the men up in the balloon. The king agreed, and the first flight consisting of human passengers took place in the Paris on 21th November 1783, with great success.
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