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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the design for Flapping Birds. Please contact
me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if
you have any other important information that should be
added. Thank you. ********** The Flapping Bird - 1883 onwards
********** The Flapping Dove - 1932 onwards
********** 1954 A flapping bird appears in 'Atari Origami Geijuitsu' by Akira Yoshizawa, which was published by Origami Geijutsu Sha in 1954
********** 1957 Several designs for flapping birds (which appear to be derived from The Flapping Bird) appear in 'Origami Dokuhon' by Akira Yoshizawa, which was published by Ryokuchi-Sha in 1957.
********** 1961 'The Art of Origami' by Samuel Randlett, which was published by E P Dutton in New York in 1961, contained diagrams for Randlett's 'New Flapping Bird'.
********** 1970 'Simple Origami' by Eric Kenneway, which was published by The Dryad Press in Leicester in 1970, contained diagrams for a 'Flapping Dove' by Akira Yoshizawa.
********** 1971 Issue 17 of 'The Flapping Bird' magazine contained several designs for flapping birds: Flapping Bird by Arthur C Smith
********** Flapping Bird by J S Smith
********** Lark by Carol St John (also a flapping bird)
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