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Electric flying machine depicted in Le Philosophe sans pretension (1775)

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Electric flying machine depicted in Le Philosophe sans pretension (1775).jpg Besnier's flying apparatusThumbnailsFacsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings on artificial wingsBesnier's flying apparatusThumbnailsFacsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings on artificial wingsBesnier's flying apparatusThumbnailsFacsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings on artificial wingsBesnier's flying apparatusThumbnailsFacsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings on artificial wingsBesnier's flying apparatusThumbnailsFacsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings on artificial wingsBesnier's flying apparatusThumbnailsFacsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings on artificial wings

We reproduce as a curiosity this charming vignette, where we see the inventor Scintilla driving his machine.