 | Aeronautical Society of Great Britain - Aeronautics - 1866 - 168 pages
...this, an experiment of a very bold and novel character was made upon an extensive down, where a wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this...the air, realising almost the romance of flying." It may be remarked that the brace-lines here referred to were conveyed down the main-line and managed... | |
 | English literature - 1868 - 1236 pages
...to this, an experiment of a very bold and novel character was made upon an extensive down, •here a waggon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst...the air, realising almost the romance of flying." Volumes upon volumes might be filled with descriptions of unsuccessful flying machines. The council... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 680 pages
...the action of the braces, and the ease with which its power was lessened or increased Subsequently to same time carried an observer aloft in the air, realising almost the romance of flying." Volumes upon volumes might'be filled with descriptions of unsuecessful flying machines. The council... | |
 | 1872 - 830 pages
...this, an experiment of a very bold and novel character was made upon an extensive down, where a wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this...the same time carried an observer aloft in the air, realizing almost the romance of flying." We have here abundant evidence of the supporting and elevating... | |
 | James Means - Aeronautics - 1894 - 224 pages
...wing of a bird, or bat, is both a supporting and propelwas made upon an extensive down, where a wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this...the air, realising almost the romance of flying." ling organ, and flight is performed in a rapid course, as follows : — During the down-stroke it can... | |
 | Aeronautics - 1894 - 642 pages
...made upon an extensive down, where a wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this hug:- machine, at the same time, carried an observer aloft...the air, realising almost the romance of flying." 1 1 may be remarked that the brace-lines here refern-d to were conveyed down the mainline and managed... | |
 | Octave Chanute - Transportation - 1894 - 330 pages
...character was made upon an extensive down, where a wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, while this huge machine, at the same time, carried an observer aloft in the air, realizing almost the romance of flying. " It may be remarked (continues Mr. Wenhain) that the brace... | |
 | Francis Herbert Wenham - Aeronautics - 1910 - 168 pages
...this, an experiment of a very bold and novel character was made upon an extensive down, where a wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this...the air, realising almost the romance of flying." It may be remarked that the brace-lines here referred to were conveyed down the main-line and managed... | |
 | Evelyn Charles Vivian - Aeronautics - 1921 - 648 pages
...experiment of a bold and very novel character was made upon an extensive down, where a large wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this...aloft in the air, realising almost the romance of flyingExperimenting, two years after the appearance of the ' kite-carriage,' on the helicopter principle,... | |
 | E Charles Vivian - 1921 - 648 pages
...experiment of a bold and very novel character was made upon an extensive down, where a large wagon with a considerable load was drawn along, whilst this...huge machine at the same time carried an observer IV aloft in the air, realising almost the romance of flying. Experimenting, two years after the appearance... | |
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... the certainty with which it answered the action of the braces, and the ease with which its power was lessened or increased. * * * Subsequently to this, an experiment of a very bold and novel character was made upon an extensive down, where a wagon... 
