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Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)

Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 237

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(fig. 109). The editor of New-tons Journal of Arts and Science speaks of it thus :— Theapparatus consists of a car containing the goods, passengers,engines, fuel, etc., to which a rectangular frame, made ofwood or bamboo cane, and covered with canvas or oiled silk,is attached. This frame extends on… … Fig. 109.—Mr. Hensons Flying Machine. vanes, which are intended to propel the apparatus throughthe air. The rainbow-like circular wheels are the propellers,answering to the wheels of a steam-boat, and acting upon theair after the manner of a windmill. These wheels receivemotion from bands and…

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