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    Swedenborg's Flying Machine was first sketched by the Swedish scientist Emanuel Swedenborg in 1714, when he was 26 years old. It was later published in...
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    "Burattini's Flying Dragon". Flight International. 9 May 1963. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Söderberg, Henry (1988). Swedenborg's 1714 airplane:...
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    notable description was that of a flying machine, the same he had been sketching a few years earlier. In 1718, Swedenborg published an article that attempted...
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    Stralsund. A medal with Charles on horseback, his long hair flying in the wind, was struck in 1714 to commemorate the speedy ride. It reads Was sorgt Ihr doch...
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  • Burattini Flying machine 1655 Borelli and Hooke Ornithopter 1670 Terzi Flying boat 1678 Besnier Ornithopter 1709 De Gusmao Steam airship 1714 Swedenborg Monoplane...
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    making the ancient city of Baalbek, Syria known to the West. Emanuel Swedenborg claims to have witnessed the Last Judgment occurring in the spiritual...
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