Our first airways, their organization, equipment, and finance (1919)
Grahame-White, Claude, 1879-, Harper, Harry · London :bLane · leaf 120
he air; and, by means of special receiversin his machine—which by a variation inthe strength of the signals received tell himwhen he is veering from his course—it willbe possible for him immediately to divinehis position in relation to the earth below. These two great inventions, then, whenthey are… … OUR FIRST AIRWAYS 85 world so far as travel is concerned. To-day it is possible to transmit words forimmense distances in an extraordinarilybrief space of time ; but when men them-selves travel they still find it a tediousbusiness, even in a fast ship or an expresstrain. Now, however, as we enter…
Aeronautics · Airplanes · Airways
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