Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 99
with theaeroplanes first successfully employed by theWright brothers have been of service in turningour thoughts to the sailing, soaring, and flyingmovements of the lower animals, especially ofthose that have no true wings, yet use the air asa means of aerial journeying at their own willor at that… … THE WRIGHT MACHINE RUNNING ON THE SMOOTHLY DESCENDING GROUND.The total weight is about eight hundred pounds in addition to the operators, making over a half-ton to rise in the air. igio.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 75 of a bird. With all honor to that wonderful in-vention, the so-called…
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