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Four figures numbered 9-10 and 13-14

Tommy Eglington

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

'The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea'

Interior view of premises

Airship design mb-width 8417 Four figures numbered 9-10 andEngineering design for a 'manageable air balloon' or dirigible, sent to the Royal Society with a covering letter from its inventor and supplementary descriptive information. The drawing contains four figures: a side elevation (figure 1); front and rear elevations (figures 2 3); and a transverse section through the balloon (figure 4). The airship has a twin bladed propeller sited at the front, driven by pulleys and ropes from an engine (unspecified