A Short History of Balloons and Flying MachinesLord Montagu Car Illustrated, 1907 - 123 Seiten |
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... propeller , which could be rotated at the rate of 2,000 revolutions per minute ; this propeller was 24 ins . in diameter and was worked by treadles from a small seat , and attached to this gearing was a vertical fan 22 ins . in diameter ...
... propeller , which could be rotated at the rate of 2,000 revolutions per minute ; this propeller was 24 ins . in diameter and was worked by treadles from a small seat , and attached to this gearing was a vertical fan 22 ins . in diameter ...
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... propeller , and was guided by a rudder of silk stretched over a bamboo frame . With this machine he travelled against the wind a distance of two miles , made the circuit of the tower , and was wafted back to the starting place ...
... propeller , and was guided by a rudder of silk stretched over a bamboo frame . With this machine he travelled against the wind a distance of two miles , made the circuit of the tower , and was wafted back to the starting place ...
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... propeller , made an ascent as long ago as 1852 , and that the first such machine ( " La France " ) to perform journeys to and fro , returning to its starting point , was made 25 years ago . It was in the spring of 1900 that M. Deutsch ...
... propeller , made an ascent as long ago as 1852 , and that the first such machine ( " La France " ) to perform journeys to and fro , returning to its starting point , was made 25 years ago . It was in the spring of 1900 that M. Deutsch ...
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... propeller of 13 feet across , which was placed in front of the car , or rather pole , on which the aëronaut's seat was fixed . This machine also did not quite fulfil all that was expected of it , so that next year it was enlarged , a ...
... propeller of 13 feet across , which was placed in front of the car , or rather pole , on which the aëronaut's seat was fixed . This machine also did not quite fulfil all that was expected of it , so that next year it was enlarged , a ...
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... propeller to the apparatus , and on December 17th , 1903 , a successful effort was made to rise from the ground against the wind . Other flights followed , the longest lasting 59 seconds , and covering a distance of nearly 300 yards ...
... propeller to the apparatus , and on December 17th , 1903 , a successful effort was made to rise from the ground against the wind . Other flights followed , the longest lasting 59 seconds , and covering a distance of nearly 300 yards ...
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Seite 122 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Seite 56 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Seite 119 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Seite 9 - Sir, said he, you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic sciences can perform. I have been long of opinion, that instead of the tardy conveyance of ships and chariots, man might use the swifter migration of wings ; that the fields of air are open to knowledge, and that only ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ground.
Seite 10 - The artist was every day more certain that he should leave vultures and eagles behind him, and the contagion of his confidence seized upon the prince. In a year the wings were finished, and, on a morning appointed, the maker appeared furnished for flight on a little promontory : he waved his pinions awhile to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake.
Seite 9 - Nothing, replied the artist, will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. If you will favour my project, I will try the first flight at my own hazard. I have considered the structure of all volant animals, and find the folding continuity of the bat's wings most easily accommodated to the human form. Upon this model I shall begin my task to-morrow, and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice and pursuit of man.
Seite 122 - The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Seite 118 - Its tender foliage, and declines its blooms. But far in the fierce sunshine tower the hills, With all their growth of woods, silent and stern, As if the scorching heat and dazzling light Were but an element they loved. Bright clouds, Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven, — Their bases on the mountains — their white tops Shining in the far ether — fire the air With a reflected radiance, and make turn The gazer's eye away.
Seite 9 - The labour of rising from the ground," said the artist, "will be great, as we see it in the heavier domestic fowls; but as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished, till we shall arrive at a region where the man will float in the air without any tendency to fall : no care will then be necessary but to move forwards, which the gentlest impulse will effect. You, sir...
Seite 10 - He waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation.