Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts. A book for old and young (1860)
Timbs, John, 1801-1875 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 123
Henson, and to consist of a car attachedto a huge rectangular wing-like frame, covered with oiledsilk, or canvas; the machine to be propelled by a steam-engine in the car, working two vertical fan-wheels withoblique vanes; while a frame, like the tail of a bird, wasto act as a rudder, and make the… … AERIAL CHARIOTS. 119 In 1844 there was constructed in Paris, by M. MareyMonge, an immense balloon of sheets of copper the 200thpart of an inch thick, in extent about 1500 yards; thesheets were soldered by bands, like the ribs of a melon;the machine weighed 800 pounds, and was to be filledwith…
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