 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1917 - 592 pages
...be specially mine — the demonstration of the practicability of mechanical flight. The world must realize that a new possibility has come to it, and that the great universal highway overhead is soon to be opened." While the crowd was still laughing at the absurdity of man's attempting to fly,... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pages
...idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it do not realize that a new possibility has come to it,...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened." 3— Boll, Phil. Boo., Wub., Vol. 15. Immediately after the success of these experiments and shortly... | |
 | Herbert Greenhough Smith, Sir George Newnes - 1897 - 862 pages
...commercial and practical development of the idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it does not realize...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened. BY J. LAURENCE HORNIBROOK. T began to rain early that evening, I remember : not a feeble drizzle, either,... | |
 | 1897 - 630 pages
...idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it do not realize that a new possibility has come to it,...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE COURSE OF THE AKRODROMK IN ITS PLIGHT ON THE POTOMAC RIVER AT QUANTICO. SBB PAGE... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 1060 pages
...idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it do not realize that a new possibility has come to it,...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened. THE ZEPPELIN AIR SHIP.1 By THOMAS E. CUKTIS. (Photos, by Alfred Wolf, Oonstanz. These are the only... | |
 | E Seton Valentine/F L Tomlinson - 1902 - 356 pages
...probable that the world may look to others. The world indeed will be supine if it does not realise that a new possibility has come to it, and that the...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened." In the following year, in emulation of Professor Langley, experiments with a heavier steam aerodrome,... | |
 | E. Seton Valentine, F. L. Tomlinson - 1902 - 358 pages
...probable that the world may look to others. The world indeed will be supine if it does Hot realise that a new possibility has come to it, and that the great universal highway overhead is now soon to \#t opened." In the following year, in emulation of Professor Langley, experiments with a heavier steam... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1905 - 432 pages
...commercial and practical development of the idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it does not realize...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened." Of books dealing with the progress of aeronautics, the most interesting brief general history is perhaps... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1907 - 666 pages
...idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it do not realize that a new possibility has come to it,...the great universal highway overhead is now soon to he opened. Immediately after the success of these experiments and shortly before the article was written,... | |
 | Abbott Lawrence Rotch - 1909 - 220 pages
...commercial and practical development of the idea, it is probable that the world may look to others. The world, indeed, will be supine if it does not realize...universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened." After experimenting with models which are often unsuitable for reproduction on a large scale, four... | |
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I have brought to a close the portion of the work which seemed to be specially mine — the demonstration of the practicability of mechanical flight — and for the next stage, which is the commercial and practical development of the idea, it is probable... 
