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An account of the exercises on the occasion of the presentation of the Langley medal and the unveiling of the Langley memorial tablet, May 6, 1913 (1913)

Smithsonian Institution, Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922, Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932, Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920, Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927, Physics pamphlets. NIC · Washington, Smithsonian Institution · leaf 28

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anding ofthe Smithsonian Is giving consideration and attention to waterflying. We know that Professor Langley preferred to fly fromwater, and Doctor Alexander Bell has always advocated thattype of a machine, and, of late years, I have devoted some timeto It. As I look at the Langley models here, it… … LANGLEY MEDAL AND TABLET 19 Professor Langley had a great deal of efficiency, and it is alsogenerally known that the Langley machines, as he built them,had more inherent stability than the models which those of uswho followed after Langley used in our first flights. I cannotsay too much in favor…

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 · Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 · Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923 · Aeronautics

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