The aerial steam carriage, also named Ariel, was a flying machine patented in England in 1842 that was supposed to carry passengers into the air. It was...

pioneer era. Steam power is distinct from its use as a lifting gas in thermal airships and early balloons. 1842: The Aerial Steam Carriage of William Samuel...

pioneer, engineer and inventor. He is best known for his work on the aerial steam carriage alongside John Stringfellow. Henson was born in Nottingham, England...

British early aeronautical inventor, known for his work on the aerial steam carriage with William Samuel Henson. Stringfellow was born in Attercliffe...

by the hotel in March 1962, the hotel's name referenced the 1842 Aerial Steam Carriage monoplane design of William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow...

1842 design for an aerial steam carriage broke new ground. Henson proposed a 150 feet (46 m) span high-winged monoplane, with a steam engine driving two...

Drawing directly from Cayley's work, Henson's 1842 design for an aerial steam carriage broke new ground. Although only a design, it was the first in history...

powered flight (of 30 feet) achieved in Chard, Somerset with the Aerial Steam Carriage by John Stringfellow (1799–1883), 55 years before the Wright brothers;...

select committee on steam carriages, which is included in the committee's report, published in 1834. Aerial Steam Carriage John Hick - awarded a silver...

that engine-powered flight was possible through his work on the Aerial Steam Carriage. James Gillingham (1839–1924) from Chard pioneered the development...