Jacob Degen's flying machine, 1808, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Jacob Degen's flying machine, 1808, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

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Jacob Degen's flying machine, 1808, (1932). Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna, who 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.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Josef Garbáty: German, Belarusian: Tobacco manufacturer
  2. Eugene Garbáty: German: Tobocco manufacturer, art collector
  3. Moritz Garbáty: German: tobacco manufacturer
  4. Jacob Degen: Austrian: Inventor, clockmaker

Picture Type
  1. Cigarette card

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Science & Nature Technology & Innovation


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6047x3846
File Size : 68,136kb


Aliases

  1. 0580062227
  1. 2-701-880
  1. 2701880

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