Le Besnier's Device
LE BESNIER, of Sable, France, could not rise from the ground, but launched from a height could cross a river with his flapping paddles
Picture No
13725520
Media ID
45394311
Size
4152px x 4124px
(6.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unnamed artist in Figuier, Merveilles de la Science, volume 2 page 517. Image digitally colourised
Date
September 1678
