saint-fond

Updated: May 25, 2025

They were made members of the Legion d'Honneur, and a scientific deputation, of which Faujas de Saint-Fond, who had raised the funds with which Charles's hydrogen balloon was constructed, presented to Stephen Montgolfier a gold medal struck in honour of his aerial conquest.

W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) Marsh - A History of Aeronautics