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Print of Leonardo da Vinci's sketch for an ornithopter. Leonardo da Vinci an Italian Renaissance polymath. Dated 20th century.

Print of Leonardo da Vinci's sketch for an ornithopter.

Reuben Jasper Spalding's method of quick, direct transport; an electrically driven ornithoper. From Der Stein der Weisen, .

An electrically driven ornithoper.

Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight, thus lifting him. From Oeuvres de Cyrano de Bergerac, Paris 1850....

Cyrano de Bergerac, flying by means of bottles of dew evaporated by sunlight.

Reuben Jasper Spalding's method of quick, direct transport; an electrically driven ornithoper. From Der Stein der Weisen, .

An electrically driven ornithoper.

Victor Tatin was a French engineer who created an early airplane, the AŽroplane in 1879. Tatin's mechanical bird:.

Tatin's mechanical bird:.

Victor Tatin was a French engineer who created an early airplane, Experiment with Tatin's steam-powered model airplane at Chalais-Meudon . Tatin's...

Tatin's mechanical bird:.

Mechanical bird or ornithopter, driven by twisted rubber bands, by Alphonse PŽnaud , 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering....

Mechanical bird or ornithopter.

Alphonse PŽnaud's ornithopter, driven by twisted rubber bands. Alphonse PŽnaud a French aviation designer and engineer. Dated 19th Century.

Alphonse PŽnaud's ornithopter.

Victor Tatin was a French engineer who created an early airplane, the AŽroplane in 1879. Tatin's mechanical bird:.

Tatin's mechanical bird:.

Mechanical bird or ornithopter, driven by twisted rubber bands, by Alphonse PŽnaud , 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering....

Mechanical bird or ornithopter.

Engraving depicting Jakob Degen's Ornithopter. Two flaps were fastened to his back by a yoke, and these he moved up and down with levers worked by...

Jakob Degen's Ornithopter.

Man standing by the Collomb ornithopter, a vehicle which never flew. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 91

The Ornithopter

Early aircraft called omnivator, Here is the latest thing in aeronautics. It is called the Omnivator and belongs to the ornithopter class. It...

Early Aircraft Called Omnivator

Jacob Degen's 1808 ornithopter with flap valves, in which the pilot stood on a rigid frame and worked the wings with a movable horizontal bar. His...

Jacob Degen's 1808 ornithopter with flap valves, in which the pilot stood on a rigid frame and worked the wings with a movable horizontal bar

Lithograph by C F Cheffins after an original drawing by J Absolon, published by Ackermann & Co in 1843. It shows a man piloting a flying machine...

�The Aerostat - Worked by Manual Power�, 1843.

Lithograph showing a winged flying machine, designed by Joseph Degan in 1808, in a fictitious flight past the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, piloted...

�The Aerial Man�, Greenwich, London, 1809-1812.

Coloured lithograph showing a winged flying machine, designed by Joseph Degan in 1808, in a fictitious flight past the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,...

�The Aerial Man�, Greenwich, London, 1809-1812.

Edward P Frost's early elaborate but unsuccessful ornithopter made with wings of willow, silk and feathers.

Frost�s experimental orthithopter.

Edward P Frost's early elaborate but unsuccessful ornithopter made with wings of willow, silk and feathers.

Wing of Frosts experimental ornithopter, 1904.

Edward P Frost's early elaborate but unsuccessful ornithopter made with wings of willow, silk and feathers.

Wing detail of Frosts experimental ornithopter, 1904.

Edward P Frost's early elaborate but unsuccessful ornithopter made with wings of willow, silk and feathers.

Wing detail of Frosts experimental ornithopter, 1904.

Edward P Frost's early elaborate but unsuccessful ornithopter made with wings of willow, silk and feathers.

Frosts experimental ornithopter, 1904.

Design for a spring-operated flying machine or ornithopter from one of Leonardo�s notebooks. Da Vinci was the most outstanding Italian painter,...

Design by Leonardo da Vinci for a flying machine, late 15th century.

Model based on a design by Leonardo da Vinci , Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and the outstanding all-round genius of the...

Leonardo da Vincis second proposed ornithopter, c 1480s.

Diagrams and notes for an ornithopter or flying machine from one of Leonardo�s notebooks. Da Vinci was the most outstanding Italian painter,...

Design by Leonardo da Vinci for the wing of an ornithopter, c 1490.

Coloured lithograph showing a winged flying machine, designed by Joseph Degan in 1808, in a fictitious flight past the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,...

�The Aerial Man�, Greenwich, London, 1809-1812.

Design for fixed-wing aircraft with ornithopter extension. Drawing from the notebooks kept by Leonardo da Vinci illustrating his many speculative and...

Leonardos design for fixed-wing aircraft with ornithopter extension, 15th century

Chalk drawing showing the Keith and Weiss ornithopter patented in 1908. The ornithopter was designed by Alexander Keith and Jose Weiss and used foot...

Keith and Weiss ornithopter, 1908-1912.

This design, with stirrups, was first proposed about 1486. As its name implied, the Ornithopter incorporated a bird-like flapping mechanism....

Leonardo da Vincis design for an Ornithopter, c 1486-1490.

Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer, during one of his last flights, 1896. Lilienthal was a German scientist who believed that the route to successful...

Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer, during one of his last flights, 1896.

The drawing depicts a fixed wing aircraft with an ornithopter extension. Leonardo da Vinci was the most outstanding Italian painter, sculptor,...

Design for a flying machine, by Leonardo da Vinci, late 15th century.

Photograph of Thomas Moy with a model of an ornithopter at Farnborough, Hampshire. In 1875, he produced a steam-powered flying machine, the Aerial...

Thomas Moy, aeronautical engineer, 1901.

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and the outstanding all-round genius of the Renaissance period. He had a...

Model of Leonardo da Vincis second proposed ornithopter, c 1480s.

Edward Purkis Frost, an amateur aviator, made this ornithopter, with its bird-like flapping wing mechanism, out of willow, silk and feathers in 1902....

Schoolchildren with the Frost Ornithopter, Science Museum, c 1936.

The ornithopter of Vincent de Groof, illustration from Nuova illustrazione Universale, Year 1, Vol II, No 37 and 38, August 2, 1874.

The ornithopter of Vincent de Groof, illustration from Nuova illustrazione Universale, Year 1, Vol II, No 37 and 38, August 2, 1874

The ornithopter of Vincent de Groof, illustration from Nuova illustrazione Universale, Year 1, Vol II, No 37 and 38, August 2, 1874.

The ornithopter of Vincent de Groof

An ornithopter designed by Count Adhemar de la Hault proved incapable of flight., circa 1905.

Experimental Ornithopter

2nd October 1971, "Birdman" Bert Hansell of Kent takes off in an attempt to fly like a bird across the 50 yard wide river Nene in Peterborough, after...

2nd October 1971, "Birdman" Bert Hansell of Kent takes off in an attempt to fly like a bird across the 50 yard wide river Nene in Peterborough, after just 5 seconds airborne his home made "Ornithopter" plunged into the river

Peterborough, England, 2nd October 1971, Bert Hansell of Kent waves as he is rescued from the River Nene at Peterborough after he failed his attempt...

Peterborough, England, 2nd October 1971, Bert Hansell of Kent waves as he is rescued from the River Nene at Peterborough after he failed his attempt to fly in his home made plane the "Ornithopter" across the 50 yard wide water

Leonardo da Vinci's sketch for an Ornithopter.

Leonardo da Vinci's (1452-1519) sketch for an Ornithopter

Da Vinci's sketch for the jointed wings of ORNITHOPTER.

LEONARDO da Vinci's (1452-1519) sketch for the jointed wings of ORNITHOPTER

Leonardo da Vinci's sketch for an Ornithopter.

Leonardo da Vinci's (1452-1519) sketch for an Ornithopter

Leonardo da Vinci Design for a flying machine.

Leonardo da Vinci Design for a flying machine(Ornithopter)

An ornithopter designed by Count Adhemar de la Hault proved incapable of flight.

Experimental Ornithopter

Mr Alan Stewart, a Sheffield engineer, in his Ornithopter. Mr Stewart has constructed this vehicle in an attempt to be the first person to fly over a...

Human Powered Aircraft The Ornithopter

Vintage illustration of an Ornithopter, 1900s.

First picture of the ornithopter which George White invented and which is ready for trial flights. It has a wing spread of 29 1/2 feet and weighs 118...

Men Working on the Ornithopter

The Ornithopter by Gustave Trouv�� . In 1870.

The Ornithopter by Gustave Trouv��

Rockford, IL - Robert Myers of Rockford, IL, has invented an ornithopter, which he designed after an intensive study of heavy birds in flight,...

Back View of Early Flying Machine

Captain Frank Courtney, the test pilot, gave an official display this morning in the new autogiro flying machine, at the royal aircraft establishment...

Test Pilot Entering Plane

The latest air vessel. Captain Frank Courtney, the test pilot, gave an official display this morning in the new autogiro flying machine, at the Royal...

Helicopter Inventor with Test Pilot

Circa 1500, Sketches by the Florentine artist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci showing his designs for the ornithopter and other flying devices.

Circa 1700, An 'Aerostat' ornithopter designed by W Miller MRCS.

The aircraft designer Jonathan Edward Caldwell with his ornithopter. 28th January 1933. Photograph.

The Aircraft Designer Jonathan Edward Caldwell With His Ornithopter. 28Th January 1933. Photograph.

fall of vincent de groof with the ornitophter, london 1874 - ornithopter stock illustrations

Fall of Vincent de Groof with the Ornitophter, London 1874

Cameron Roberts and Calvin Moes pose by the bike at U of T downtown campus, July 2, 2014. A group of students behind previous projects to build a...

World's fastest human-powered vehicle

Engineer Alan Stewart at the controls of his 'ornithopter'. He designed and built the machine in an attempt to simulate bird flight, hoping to be the...

French illustration of an ornithopter or glider. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 13

An 1810 design for an ornithopter possibly Jacob Degen's design which was tried out by Albrecht Berblinger in 1811. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 11

Flapping Design

Man standing by the Collomb ornithopter, a vehicle which never flew. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 91