Design for an aerial steam carriage Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm Interior view of St Paul's

Interior view of St Paul's Cathedral showing the choir at the General Thanksgiving on 31st December

FW Dixon with a HRD motorbike

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Carl Linnaeus's account of his travels in the Swedish province of SkÕne

'Thomas à Becket's grand Entry into London

Design for an aerial steam carriage Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm Interior view of St Paul'sDesign for an aerial steam carriage, 1843 (1956). William Henson, a follower of English aviation pioneer Sir George Cayley, patented his proposed Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842. The machine would never have been able to fly as the wings would not have been strong enough to carry the weight of the steam engine needed to power it. The design did however establish several of the features used in modern aeroplanes, including monoplane wings, the fuselage,