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Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage, 1843

Lithograph by W. L Walton showing Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage in an imagined flight over a city. William Henson(1812-1888), a pre-Wright brothers aviation engineer and inventor, patented his Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842. Although it never flew, the aircraft's design influenced later aviation pioneers. Henson filed a patent on "The Aerial" in 1842 and ambitiously set up the Aerial Transit Company, a worldwide airline service, with John Stringfellow.

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Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage, 1843

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Lithograph by W. L Walton showing Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage in an imagined flight over a city. William Henson(1812-1888), a pre-Wright brothers aviation engineer and inventor, patented his Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842. Although it never flew, the aircraft's design influenced later aviation pioneers. Henson filed a patent on "The Aerial" in 1842 and ambitiously set up the Aerial Transit Company, a worldwide airline service, with John Stringfellow.

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3189 x 2940 px | 26.8 MB

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27.0 x 24.9 cm | 10.6 x 9.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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