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Scientific American, Vol. 84, No. 5 (February 1901) (1901)

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LYING MACHINE. A NEW FLYINGMACHINE. An ingenious flyingmachine has recentlybeen designed by aScotchman, Mr. G. L.O. Davidson, of Inch-tnarlo, Scotland. Mr. Davidson hasbased his machine uponthe principle of theflight of Ihe bird. Inflying, a bird does notpropel itself throughthe air, but glides… … idson that the successful flying machine must be heavierthan the air, and that it must not be raised by meansof the balloon, but by a mechanical agency in whichthe vertical raising power should be greater than thedownward pull of gravity. To propel a machine up-ward against gravity, only a small…

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