Design for an aerial steam carriage Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm FW Dixon with a HRD

FW Dixon with a HRD motorbike

one is a side view

surmounted by a view of Watling Street showing St Paul's Cathedral in the distance

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

including six men from Odysseus' ship

Design for an aerial steam carriage Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm FW Dixon with a HRDDesign 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,