Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna. Degen made his first attempt in his tethered ornithopter in the spring of 1808, aided by a counterweight, and rose to 54 feet. He later added a balloon to his machine and flew several times on November 12 and 15, 1808. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna. Degen made his first attempt in his tethered ornithopter in the spring of 1808, aided by a counterweight, and rose to 54 feet. He later added a balloon to his machine and flew several times on November 12 and 15, 1808. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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