The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 35
N THE MANAGEMENT-MACHINE. 230 FLYING THINGS … BALLOONS AND AIRSHIPS MADE BY MAN IN FANCY AND FACT Probably the first mention of human flight is thestory of the mythical Athenian Daedalus, whomade himself and his son each a pair of wings offeathers fastened together with wax. By meansof these, so runs the fancy, they escaped, from anisland on…
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