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The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Title
The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!
Names
Vickers, George William, 1817-1886 (Publisher)
Brittain, William, active 1838-1849 (Publisher)
Allen, James, 1813-1862 (Publisher)
Cleave, John, active 1834-1850 (Publisher)
Purkess, George, 1801-1859 (Publisher)
Clements, John, 1806?-1878 (Publisher)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1843
Place: London
Publisher: Vickers, publisher, 28, Holywell Street, Strand; and supplied by W. Brittain, 11, Paternoster Row; Allen, Warwick Lane; Cleave, Shoe Lane; Purkess, Wardour Street; Clements, Pultney Street; and if ordered, by all other booksellers in town or country,
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (FF. P-007)
Topics
Flying-machines
Hot air balloons
Genres
Broadsides
Notes
Content: At head of sheet: "Entered at Stationers' Hall. Pirates will be prosecuted."
Content: "Letters (post-paid) attended to by E. Hancock, at J. Cook's, printer, 1, corner of Sadler's Buildings, Fann Street, Goswell Street."
Content: Description of the contraption and its various parts followed by letters signed "The Inventor," dated 20-22 February 1843.
Biographical/historical: Mary Shelley wrote to Claire Clairmont on 17 June 1843 (Bennett's ed. of the letters, vol. 3, p. 76-77) that "Percy's chief object in England is to see the model of the Flying Machine."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 1 illustration (diagram) ; 50 x 38 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1112701947
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21959582
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.DISC32
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 240bc5d0-01b2-013d-4442-0242ac110005
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1843: Issued
  • 1886: Creator Died
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1843. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/888604b0-01b2-013d-ca01-0242ac110003

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/888604b0-01b2-013d-ca01-0242ac110003

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1843). The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine! Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/888604b0-01b2-013d-ca01-0242ac110003

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The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!