The boys' book of model aeroplanes : how to build and fly them : with the story of the evolution of the flying machine (1912)
Collins, Francis A. (Francis Arnold), b. 1873-, Morgan, Kewpie, inscriber. DSI · London : Eveleigh Nash · leaf 193
ll as painterand sculptor. To begin at the beginningof the subject, he dissected the bodies ofmany birds and made careful, technicaldrawings to illustrate the theory of theaction of wings. These drawings and de-scriptions are still preserved, and even to-day repay careful study. He also calcu-lated… … PLATE XIII. A Serviceable Form Made of Wire. THE FIRST FLYING MACHINES pellers, which was looking far into thefuture. Among all these early experiments thebest record of actual flight was made byBatitta Dante, a brother of the greatItalian poet. In 1456 Dante flew in aglider of his own construction…
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