The steam Powered Pigeon (dec 31, 400 BC – jan 1, 400 BC)
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As only described in the writings of Aulus Gellius five centuries after him, he was reputed to have designed and built the first artificial, self-propelled flying device, a bird-shaped model propelled by a jet of what was probably steam, said to have actually flown some 200 meters
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Abraham LeBlanc Technology Timeline for English 11/12
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