Download or read book Swedenborg's 1714 Airplane written by Henry Söderberg and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anticipating the modern airplane by more than 150 years, Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) developed one of the earliest functional designs for a flying machine. Aviation expert Henry Soderberg examines Swedenborg's design from an aviation perspective and discusses its place in the history of flight.