Ferris, Richard. [from old catalog] · New York, T. Nelson and sons · leaf 64
ngs; e, e, braces. Theoperator is lying prone. in flying, but he gained information which has beenvaluable to later inventors. The history of flying machines cannot be written FLYING MACHINES. 63 Avithout deferential mention of Horatio Phillips ofEngland. The machine that he made in 1862 re-sembled… … Phillipss Flying Machine—built of narrow slats like a Venetian blind. It lifted imusually heavy loads, although not largeenough to carry a man. It seems to open the wayfor experiments with an entirely new arrangementof sustaining surfaces—one that has never sincebeen investigated. Phillipss records…
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