Travels in space; a history of aerial navigation (1902)
Valentine, E. Seton, Tomlinson, F. L. · London Hurst and Blackett · leaf 260
A HISTORY OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. 241 a wooden frame-work. The second compartment isattached to the upper surface of the lower one andthe third compartment is situated above the second,shifting its position according to the direction of thewind. A fan or propeller is driven by treadlemechanism, and… … JIAXIilS FLYING MACHINE. Otto, the inventor of the bicycle long bearing hisname, sought to apply the principle of his inventionto aeronautical propulsion. His experiments in 1889aroused considerable interest, which however, wereeclipsed by the invention of Mr. Hiram S. Maxim.This celebrated…
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