Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences

By giving it a slight inclination, it can be made to descend, sliding-like, a long distance from the vertical point; and some of the flying machines we read of have likely been...

It must be convincing, therefore, that it is possible for man to apply the laws of flight to industrial purposes in the same manner as he has been able, in these days, to apply...

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The accomplishment of ærial navigation, then, is within reach; its practicability can no longer be denied. It will be one of the most glorious and fruitful conquests, and of the...