The Wright Flyer, Circa 1903. A true icon of avaiation history - the one that started controlled flight as we know it today. Hand made wood model keepsake.
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A matter of course... 19th Century adventurers, as well as scientists, loved to mess with balloons. Admittedly they weren't always able to call ahead for tea and scones, being delayed or misdirected to unexpected locations by tempestuous winds.
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Gliding soundlessly and effortlessly, as if in a world of their own, helium balloons have fired imaginations and appealed to a sense of romanticism. From as early as 1783 balloons have traveled the skies, often in unintended directions, but that was part of the adventure and appeal as well.
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A matter of course... 19th Century adventurers, as well as scientists, loved to mess with balloons. Admittedly they weren't always able to call ahead for tea and scones, being delayed or misdirected to unexpected locations by tempestuous winds.
Price: $14.99 | SKU: AP160C | Item Details | Add to Cart
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A pocket universe. It's difficult to describe the feeling of going through a box of rubbish in an antique store and coming across a true treasure. This time my fingertips did the recognition even before my eyes saw it. A small sharkskin covered sphere, two hinged halves and a tiny lock.
Price: $12.95 | SKU: GL031 | Item Details | Add to Cart
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The amazingly correct globes issued by Mercator in 1551 were available only to the privileged few. Mercators projection, solving the problem of projecting a spherical world on a flat surface was used for the next four hundred years.
Price: $22.95 | SKU: GL032 | Item Details | Add to Cart
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