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A Treatise upon Aerostation

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1831
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An illustrated treatise by Thomas Walker explaining the natural principles of bird flight and how to make a "flying car with wings, in which a man may sit...and soar through the air with great facility." First printed in 1810 as "A treatise upon the art of flying ...".
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