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Brescia - Aeronautica
Lana Terzi, Francesco
Prodrome or essay on some new inventions prefaced to the Master Art, 1670
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Brescia, heirs of Rizzardi Antonio, 1670. 2nd page. Figured woodcut headpieces and initials, with 20 full-page copperplate plates at the end, including the plate of the famous hot air balloon. Minor defects in the lower margin of the first leaves, a small hole in the outer white margin of the first leaves, a small hole in the outer white margin of the AB quires, slight water stain in the first quires. Contemporary half-vellum binding with corners, holes, and defects. Ownership note on the title page.
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Original edition of this pioneering work in the history of aeronautics. In the work, the author presents several technological innovations, the best-known of which is the construction of a "ship that flies supported above the air." All its construction details are described, and it is illustrated by the famous plate. Although the vehicle was never tested, the "flying ship" project aroused curiosity throughout Europe. An analysis of it appeared in 1679 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (of which Lana was never a member), while G. W. Leibniz expounded it in detail in the Hypothesis physica nova (Mainz 1671) and later discussed it in his correspondence with Lana Terzi. Gamba 1053; Riccardi I,12. 1670
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