Flying,Joseph Wilson Lowry,c1830,Besnier's 1678 design,flying machine,Degen

Title: Flying / J.W. Lowry, sculpt.
Creator(s): Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879, engraver
Date Created/Published: [ca. 1830]
Summary: 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. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).
Notes:
Title from item.
Tissandier collection.
Subjects:
Degen, Jakob,--1760-1848--Associated objects.
Ornithopters--1820-1840.
Engravings--1820-1840.
Technical illustrations--1820-1840.
Bookmark /2002735906/
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