Aeronautical pioneer and inventor of the compressed air engine and the box kite, who strongly opposed the patent system which he believed held back scientific research.
Milestone
Born
Greenwich, Kent, England
29 Jan 1850
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Arrived Sydney
05 Nov 1865
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