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A Few Examples of "Heavy Stuff": Patent Drawings for Flying Machines, 1877-1900

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This is as beautiful as it is heavy; and it is in its way very beautiful, so I guess that also means that is is very heavy...

And speaking of heavy, this balloon doesn't seem large enough to lift the very heavy ship-like carriage:

Another flying boat: I don't see a power source to drive the "fans"/propellers on this one, though there is a tail for its "kite" body:

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