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Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)

Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 188

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ng hisflight heavenwards with his steam bird. It wouldweary the reader to mention all the similar flyingprojects of this period, even those of Jobert, Nadar,Ponton, dAmecourt and Penaud alone. In I865 Europe was entertained by the publicationof the project of M, de la Landelle. The designsshowed a… … LAXDELLES AIR-SDIP. A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 171 ventors from constructing similar machines, wherebythe motive power was wholly or in part to be thatwhich resides normally in the human body. In 1865Gustave Rothlebs device attracted some attention.Its principal feature was a windrose, with…

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