Design for an aerial steam carriage Boeing aircraft The Mitre Tavern on the

The Mitre Tavern on the Paddington Canal

Four figures of medusa

'Umbrellas to Mend'

Thomas Lynch

A young lady sings in a forceful manner at a sweating young man

Design for an aerial steam carriage Boeing aircraft The Mitre Tavern on theDesign 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,