 | United States - 1915 - 1068 pages
...flight of his first experimental machine made in 1896: ‘And now, it may be asked, what has been done? This has been done: A ‘flying machine,' so long...ridicule, has really flown. it has demonstrated its practicabihity in the only mtisfactory way, by actually flying, and by doing this again and again under... | |
 | American literature - 1897 - 630 pages
...impression given by the flight itself. And \\o\\, \ done? This has been done: a " flyingmachine, " so long a type for ridicule, has really flown; it...and again, under conditions which leave no doubt. There is no room here to enter on the consideration of the construction of larger machines, or to offer... | |
 | 1897 - 764 pages
...flight itself. And now, it may be asked, what has been done? This has been done: a “flyingmachine,” so long a type for ridicule, has really flown; it...and again, under conditions which leave no doubt. There is no room here to enter on the consideration of the construction of larger machines, or to offer... | |
 | Herbert Greenhough Smith, Sir George Newnes - England - 1897 - 862 pages
...flight itself. And now, it may be asked, what has been done ? This has been done : a " flyingmachine," so long a type for ridicule, has really flown; it...and again, under conditions which leave no doubt. There is no room here to enter on the consideration of the construction of larger machines, or to offer... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 1058 pages
...tirrinlninn- in ils tliKÍit un the Potomac RiviT nt ((imntioo. And now. it may be asked, what has been doneí This has been done: A "flying machine." so long a...practicability in the only satisfactory way—by actually flying—and by doing this again and again under conditions which leave no doubt. There is no room... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1901 - 1064 pages
...flight on the Potomac River ut Quantico. And now, it may be asked, what has been done? This has t>een done: A "flying machine," so long a type for ridicule,...practicability in the only ¡satisfactory •way—by actually flying—and by doing this again and again under conditions which leave no doubt. There is no room... | |
 | James R. Hansen - Aerodynamics - 2003 - 780 pages
...flight itself. And now, it may be asked, what has been done? This has been done: a "flyingmachine," so long a type for ridicule, has really flown; it...and again, under conditions which leave no doubt. There is no room here to enter on the consideration of the construction of larger machines, or to offer... | |
 | James Tobin - History - 2003 - 468 pages
...zeal. “A ‘flying-machine,' so long a type for ridicule, has really flown,” Langley declared. “It has demonstrated its practicability in the only...and again, under conditions which leave no doubt.” As Langley's engineer later put it, the model aerodromes known as No.5 and No.6 were “the only things... | |
 | James Tobin - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 464 pages
...zeal. “A ‘flying-machine,' so long a type for ridicule, has really flown,” Langley declared. “It has demonstrated its practicability in the only...and again, under conditions which leave no doubt.” As Langley's engineer later put it, the model aerodromes known as No. 5 and No. 6 were “the only... | |
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This has been done: a ‘flying machine: so long a type for ridicule, has really flown; it has demonstrated its practicability in the only satisfactory way—by actually flying, and by doing this again and again, under conditions which leave no doubt. 