Showing posts with label Clément Ader. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clément Ader. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2013

Looking up


The Musée des Arts et Métiers (housed in a deconsecrated priory in the 3rd arrondissement) hosts a vast collection of scientific objects and inventions. Among them is this bat-shaped flying machine built in the 1890s by Clément Ader. Via here