Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
Hand Colored Print, 14” x 11” (under trimmed losing a credit line at bottom), “By permission of the Painters this Engraving of THE FIRST CARRIAGE, THE ARIEL, is respectfully inscribed to the Directors of the The Aerial Transit Company.” The aerial steam carriage, also named Ariel, was a flying machine patented in 1842 that was supposed to carry passengers into the air. It was, in practice, incapable of flight since it had insufficient power from its heavy steam engine to fly. A more successful model was built in 1848 which was able to fly for small distances within a hangar. The aerial steam carriage was significant because it was a transition from glider experimentation to powered flight experimentation.
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