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Image Title: Flying, circa 1830

Description: Flying, circa 1830. Technical illustration shows Besnier's 1678 design for a flying machine using arm and leg power, two views of Jakob Degen's man-powered flying machine, and two views after designs published in Thomas Walker's "Treatise upon the art of flying" providing plans for the construction of a flying car.

Creator: Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879, Engraver

Date: Circa 1830.

Original Media: Print

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