The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 137
medover some five hundred feet. For several years past theattention of scientific men has been turned from the bal-loon, as a means of aerial navigation, towards forms ofinclined planes that could be propelled through the air andlift themselves after the manner of a boys kite. ProfessorLangley, of… … sufficient to sustain a light form of apparatus carrying amotor, fuel, and operator. Several experimenters Avorked on these lines, 1893 beingthe year prolific of promising devices. Among these in-ventors was Professor George Wellner, of Brunn, Austria, who exhibited designs ofan air-ship of the…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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