Degen's Flying Machine, Ornithopter early aircraft - an illustration from "Bilderbush fur Kinder" by F. J. Bertush, 1807 art print poster canvas gift Size:Medium poster (or Canvas) 11.7x13.5 inches / 29.7x34.2 cm much of the original map

much of the original map text is very small - please note this when choosing the size below

he joined the staff of the Geological Survey in 1842

and mapmaker

Ramsay was known for his bold theories and often quoted as an author of the hypothesis that lakes basins could be formed by glaciers

and was later made Baron Nelson of the Nile and proclaimed a hero across Europe

Degen's Flying Machine, Ornithopter early aircraft - an illustration from "Bilderbush fur Kinder" by F. J. Bertush, 1807 art print poster canvas gift Size:Medium poster (or Canvas) 11.7x13.5 inches / 29.7x34.2 cm much of the original mapDegen's Flying Machine Ornithopter aircraft Flying Machine ornithopter built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna. Iconic hand coloured engraved illustration for a "Picture Book for Children" (Bilderbush fur Kinder), published by Friedrich Johann Bertush in Weimar, Germany, in 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertush (1747 1822) was a German publisher and patron of arts. His famous encyclopaedia for children included 12 volumes and over 1200 engraved plates