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A print commenting on the experiments of the Swiss clock-maker. Jakob Degan. Between 1806 and 1817 Degan made repeated flights with his ornithopter dangling beneath a balloon. Some other experimenters, notably George Cayley, read accounts of Degan's exploits and assumed that the man had flown without the balloon.
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Digitized by Julie Weinstein
Date Created
02/02/2021
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Art; Aviation
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