The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 34
s lighter thanits bulk of water, as the balloon is lighter than itsown bulk of air. To call an aeroplane a flying-machine, is therefore exactly the same as to calla boat a swimming-machine (keeping in mind theswimming of the duck and neglecting that offishes and of human beings). The aeroplane is a… … THE ASSEMBLING ROOM AT THE FACTORY OF THE WRIGHT COMPANY. while the flying-machine begins to fall as soonas the propelling power is discontinued. The word aeronaut, from two Greek wordsmeaning air and sailor, is preferable to aviator.
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