Design for an aerial steam carriage Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm 'The election of the Mayor

'The election of the Mayor of Garrat'

'Thomas à Becket's grand Entry into London

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

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FW Dixon with a HRD motorbike

Design for an aerial steam carriage Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm 'The election of the MayorDesign 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,