The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation (1902)
Alexander, John · New York, A. Wessels company · leaf 14
-be flyer who appeared in Scotlandmust have been something of a humourist. He was AN EARLY FLYING-MACHINE. II an Italian, and he endeavoured to show James VI.and his court that flying was an easy matter to aclever fellow. Equipped with a pair of huge wings,worked by cords, the adventurer leapt from… … THE FLYING-MACniNE OF BARTHOLOMEO LOURENCO DE GUSMAO. feathers ; among them were the feathers of a dunghillfowl, and they, by a certain sympathy, were attracted tothe dunghill on which I fell ; whereas, had my wingsbeen composed of feathers of eagles alone, as I pro-posed, the same sympathy would…
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