Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880- · New York, Funk and Wagnalls company · leaf 42
rth. It was introducedoriginally because it was found to conform with Naturesdesign as exemplified in the birds wing, while subsequenttechnical investigation and computation confirmed thesuperiority of this shape. Consequently, if one were to cuta slice from the end of a wing of the modern… … All About Aircraft of To-Day farther. The prevailing practice is to set the propeller infront of the machine. By its revolution the propeller drawsthe aeroplane through the air in precisely the same way asthe pull of the string upon the kite causes the latter to rise.This may be more convincingly…
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