Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 60
ulations of such experi-menters as Lilienthal and Langley. Other of Meer- FLYING MACHINES. 59 weins conclusions are decidedly ludicrous. He heldthat the build of a man favors a horizontal positionin flying, as his nostrils open in a direction whichAvould be away from the wind, and so… … Plan of Degens apparatus. almost needless to say that his practical trials werea total failure. The next prominent step forward toward me-chanical flight was made by the Australian watch-maker Degen, who balanced his wing surfaces witha small gas balloon. His first efforts to fly not…
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