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- idleminded, on 10/10/2007, -1/+61Flying machines in 1885?
HE'S ALIVE! THE DOC'S ALIVE! HE'S IN 1885, BUT HE'S ALIVE! - tefeari, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20This is pretty cool, thanks for posting. Makes me wonder what else is in the Library of Congress online archives. I took the liberty of mirroring a full resolution JPG version of the Library of Congress scan (because the guy only shows small crops on the site)
Full Resolution Here: http://tefearimpor.com/fullr.jpg - Reziarfg, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Great SCOTT!
- LordSkywalker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Looks like number 22 was a failure, even on paper.
- amdahlj, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13This is heavy...
- sneeka2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I like number 27 and 28, they're just mysteriously attached to clouds. Hey, that outta work.
1. Fine gentlemen
2. Clouds
3. ???
4. Flying machine! - iamcool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I like number 29, it's being pulled by birds.
- kidwithshirt, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Buried your comment as inaccurate.
How would you go from Orgrimmar to Undercity? - TBolt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+634 is proof that flying saucers have secretly existed for centuries. (twilight zone music)
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I had to look twice originally, I thought it was being pulled by dragons.
- cavie2002, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5number 43 couldnt even get off the ground
- AceLy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Is it necessary to show people getting thrown off in #22?
- zarand, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4My favorite is the one with the giant birds on leashes...
- masamunecyrus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4They missed Tesla's flying machine :-D
http://www.swansontec.com/sTesla.jpg - OrlyonokEaglet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There is something disturbingly wrong with the physics behind the invention number 9.
- OrlyonokEaglet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Obviously it's a capsule on top of a volcano, when the volcano erupts, you lift off into space... So you just have to wait untill it erupts...
- OrlyonokEaglet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Oh so those are clouds... that settles it, the guy was a mad inventor if not an idiot.
- cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+3Number 29 is the best, it looks like a hot-air balloon attached to flying eagles. Awesome.
- OrlyonokEaglet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Economy class is inside the corkscrew I guess?
- Sabretou, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4They're all just balloons with fancy apparatus, but I like No.44. It's the freaking Eiffel Tower.
- moonshn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3first class(e)
- Misanthropica, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3The 8th pic down reminded me of the third boob hooker from Total Recall
- kingvik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25. Profit
- Sornos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Not as bad as 44....
- amdahlj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's just the ... reflection... of Venus ... off of swamp gas... yeah... right.
- osc1882, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2haa haa haa, that would be so F'ing sweet.
- macsrbetter36, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Sorry, but #35 takes it. It's the one with the corkscrew for propulsion :-P
- OrlyonokEaglet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How about a swarm of bees - something like this - you put all the bees in a huge bag and you have a jar of honey on a fishing pole for maneuvering...
- slapthemonkey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2wow that looks......interesting especially the guy *with wings?*.....
- iamjaredc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the corkscrew idea in #35 could almost be like a primitive propeller. if the ridges were longer and the thing was spinning really really fast. i guess. kinda.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It looks like it spins to gain lift...pretty good idea.
- protogenxl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Brian: Peter, if you just let me talk, I'll explain to you why you shouldn't do this.
Peter: Later, later Brian, I gotta do something people will remember me for. Which is why I've invented a new type of flying machine.
Stewie: You know, I vaguely recall seeing footage somewhere of something exactly like this, which leads me to believe this probably won't work.
./Obligatory Family Guy Qoute - OrlyonokEaglet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I thought those were 19-th century cartoons?
- inferno10, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure #13 would like what the flying machine to its left is using for propulsion: http://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/RrPm5fkKlbI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/DJ14PT5Ub3I/s1600-h/flying+machines3+paleo-future.jpg
- throwingks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No.44 is the guy jumping off the Eiffel Tower.
- AltEfFour, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think #22 is great - if you want to go higher, instead of throwing weights off the side, throw passengers! Almost everybody wins.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I wish they would produce a DVD for this movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074573/ - chaparyan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i thought everyone knew that
- JPOOPOO, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It looks like there are some flying machines attached to clouds... BRILLIANT!
- dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How would you ever have supersonic flight with a zeppelin? Seriously... it might've been safer than the Hindenberg made it appear to be, but it wasn't very fast.
- LessThan3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+145 Looks a lot like a roller coaster.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's someone of a myth the Hindenburg destroyed the technology. It was destroyed by newer technology that got the job done far more efficiently. They were massive endeavors that couldn't carry a whole lot of weight.
- RoflMyWaffle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1haha, 29, a bird-of-prey powered hot air balloon :P
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1don't forget about the UFO flap of 1897!
- Anliz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The Eiffel Tower is a flying machine?
- babbleon6549, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It's odd that of all the designs offered in this article, there are none of the traditional UFO shapes that are depicted in a few old paintings and discribed in lore . Nor are there any traditional black-powder rocket motors.
- InkyHLV, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1digg is hardly the place to discus the pros and cons of zeppelins, but i digress. This is an interesting find, its nice to see some of these ideas as something other than stock footage in comedy movies
- wikimart, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Rotary Steam Engines. http://www.fileegg.com/imageview.php?quickkey=0BFFA8F25BCC1439&thumb=5
CIRCA 1885 http://www.fileegg.com/imageview.php?quickkey=CCE003CCB47F6489&thumb=5 - dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1GREAT SCOTT!
- freakgd, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2i loled at the guy with wings
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