 | 1916 - 880 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful." In December 1903 the Brothers Wright made the first actual flight with an aeroplane driven by a petrol... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 838 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful.' In December 1903 the Brothers Wright made the first actual flight with an aeroplane driven by a petrol... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1917 - 592 pages
...the absurdity of man's attempting to fly, there were those who were seriously at work on the problem. After success had crowned their efforts and their...decades since people were laughing at "Langley's folly"? MR. GLENN H. Cl'RTISS MAKING A FLIGHT OVKR LAKE KEUKA IN THE ORIGINAL LANGLEY AERODROME. For ten years... | |
 | 1907 - 594 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful." In a truly scientific spirit, Mr. Langley gave to others the data and information which he had secured,... | |
 | Alfred Geddes Maddren - 1907 - 576 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful." In a truly scientific spirit, Mr. Langley gave to others the data and information which he had secured,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1911 - 846 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful." CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCIENCE OP AERODROMICS. Langley's experiments in aerodynamics gave to physicists,... | |
 | Sir Richard Gregory - 1916 - 378 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In December, 1903, the Brothers Wright made the first actual flight with... | |
 | Mary Rosetta Parkman - 1917 - 352 pages
...the absurdity of man's attempting to fly, there were those who were seriously at work on the problem. After success had crowned their efforts and their...are used so generally in the Great War, that it is only a little more than a decade since people were laughing at "Langley's folly"? For ten years the... | |
 | Mary Rosetta Parkman - 1921 - 470 pages
...quest. He recommended to us, moreover, the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful. " So it is that the work of one man is passed along as a torch to those who cany on after him. Why did Wilbur... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - 1923 - 1010 pages
...our active work. He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful.' " It is constantly stated that artificial flight would have been accomplished long before if engines... | |
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He recommended to us the books which enabled us to form sane ideas at the outset. It was a helping hand at a critical time, and we shall always be grateful. 
