Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 166
hting, the descent beingalso retarded by the action of the wings. Of course, the apparatus proved quite as unpracti-cable as its forerunners, but, nevertheless, the inventor A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 147 showed that he had studied closely the action of birds,and was aware, at least, of the… … ARCHIBALDS KITE BALLOON. a flying machine which actually did fly, but it wasonly a small model. Two wings were fulcrumedto the sides of a light steam carriage, and were flappedup and down by the action of the cylinder. Themachine was worked by a multitubular boiler, usingbenzoline vapour. 10* 148…
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