The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
Pre-Wright Brothers Flight Attempts - Blimps
1. German airship Deutschland - May 12th, 1897.
2. Vincent de Groof’s parachute - 1874
3. Lilienthal’s airship - Aug. 1896.
4. Pattino’s fish balloon - 1784
From NYPL Archives
