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Show History of Aviation A curious old catalogue of books on aviation In the print department of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, brings to mind the Interesting and often amusing Inventions, scientific and literary, from the time of Leonardo Leonar-do da Ylncl to the first successful ascent as-cent In 1783 of the Montgolfier balloon. bal-loon. With a charitable mind, one may accept 1783 as the high point In the history of ballooning. All before that date was experimental. Since that time man has been perfecting the Invention. |