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Vacuum airship project of an Italian Jesuit priest Francesco Lana de Terzi
Francesco Lana de Terzi and Francesco Lana de Terzi1670
Otto-Lilienthal-Museum
Anklam, Germany
The Jesuit Francesco Lana de Terzi describes in his treatise "Prodomo" a vacuum-airship-project. This is considered to be the first realistic, technical plan for an airship. (on exhibit in the Museum). Lana writes: "God will never allow that such a machine be built…because everybody realises that no city would be safe from raids…"
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- Title: Vacuum airship project of an Italian Jesuit priest Francesco Lana de Terzi
- Creator: Francesco Lana de Terzi, Francesco Lana de Terzi
- Date Created: 1670
- Location: Brescia/Italien, Brescia, Italy
- External Link: Audioguide, audio guide
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