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Reconoiterer

This is a detail drawing in pencil by Edward Wellman Serrell of rotor ("fans") and related gearing mechanisms for his "Valomotive" (or "Reconoiterer") flying machine design, circa 1865-1866. Reverse has a small side view sketch of a rotor.

Image Number: NASM-9A09818
Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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