The latest in aerodynamics - a natural flying machine, 1865, from an inventor in Baltimore, who suggests special jackets for brown eagles, which are attached to a circular framework, containing at its centre a metal basket. The passenger, seated in the metal basket, would control the birds' flight through a series of tubes and cords.

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