The Illustrated Weekly Times, Aerial Steam Carriage
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Date
1843Description
Article detailing some important inventors and moments in the history of aeronautics, ending with the invention of the aerial steam carriage by Samuel William Henson. Contains illustrations of several significant balloons, a large image of the aerial steam carriage flying over an ocean and a schematic of the carriage design. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/768
Subject
Steam-engines, Airships, Balloons -- History, Balloons (aircraft), Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809, Henson, William S. (William Samuel), 1805?-1888, Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Robert, M. N. (Marie-Noël), 1761-1826, The Illustrated Weekly Times