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Image Title: Tableau Explicatif General. Les Effets Du Vol Aerien Actif, 1852

Description: Tableau Explicatif General. Les Effets Du Vol Aerien Actif, 1852. Technical illustration shows 21 figures about aeronautics: the mechanics of insect flight (Figs. 1, 3-5), wing design (Figs. 7-9, 13-15), the effects of propellers (Figs. 2 & 6), and a man-powered device designed by Jakob Degen (Fig. 10); also shows parachutes and airships (Figs. 18-21). NOTE: Original item contains red hand-made notations near lower right corner of image. These notations will appear on the reprint.

Date: 1852

Original Media: Print

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