The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 177
to kites; and in November,1894, made one that carried him up along a string,and brought him safely clown. Meanwhile otherexperimenters carried on the work, among themWilbur and Orville Wright, of Dayton, Ohio,who discovered many valuable principles. Theyused a flat plane in front for steering up or… … WIND. A KITE ON HARGRAVE S PRINCIPLE. Her- to carry his own weight for over a year!ring succeeded in sailing 300 feet. In 1895 Mr. Pilcher, of Glasgow, made flightswith wings not unlike Lilienthals; but to guardagainst being upset by sudden gusts —a constant By 1905, using a gas-engine, they made…
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