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The Royal Aeronautical Society The First Fifty Years
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2016
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The year 1868 was destined to be memorable and significant in the history of the Society. It was the year in which the first Aeronautical Exhibition in the world was held.
The Mechanics Magazine for 7th February 1868 said:
“ The objects for exhibition,” quoting from a circular issued by the Society, “ and for which prizes will be offered out of the funds now raising, are light engines and machinery, complete working apparatus, models (working and stationary), plans and drawings, articles of interest commemorating previous experiments, kites or other similar apparatus proposed to be used in cases of shipwreck, traction, or in the attainment of other useful ends; paintings of landscapes and cloud scenery observed from a balloon.”
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