Aeronautics

Hugo Ballin

1934, History of Science murals, Griffith Observatory. Photograph by Anthony Cook. Text excerpt from John Mosley's The Hugo Ballin Murals of the Griffith Observatory

The artist portrays Archytas of Tarentium with his wooden pigeon; then Roger Bacon with his floating ball; Francesco de Lana with a flying boat model; Leonardo da Vinci, whose models perhaps needed only an engine; and Besnier, gliding successfully in 1678.

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