Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored etching of the aircraft suggested by Franceso Lana de Terzi (1631-1687), in Prodromo (1670). The four metal globes are evacuated so as to make the craft buoyant. The craft was never constructed and was beyond the technology of the period.
Dimensions
Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 8.9 × 5.9cm (3 1/2 × 2 5/16 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140516000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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