Pneumatics of aerostation, the science of operating lighter-than-air aircraft, including an aeolipile or Hero engine. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

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