Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II - Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number...
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Author: Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont),1834-1906
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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

$103.59 $51.77
Author: Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont),1834-1906
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II - Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911

The present volume on Mechanical Flight consists, as the title-page indicates, of two parts. The first, dealing with the long and notable series of early experiments with small models, was written almost entirely by Secretary Langley with the assistance of Mr. E. C. Huffaker and Mr. G. L. Fowler in 1897. Such chapters as were not complete have been finished by the writer and are easily noted as they are written in the third person. It has been subjected only to such revision as it would have received had Mr. Langley lived to supervise this publication, and has therefore the highest value as an historical record. The composition of the second part, dealing with the later experiments with the original and also new models and the construction of the larger aerodrome, has necessarily devolved upon me. This is in entire accordance with the plan formed by Mr. Langley when I began to work with him in 1898, but it is to me a matter of sincere regret that the manuscript in its final form has not had the advantage of his criticism and suggestions. If the reader should feel that any of the descriptions or statements in this part of the volume leave something to be desired in fullness of detail, it is hoped that some allowance may be made for the fact that it has been written in the scanty and scattered moments that could be snatched from work in other lines which made heavy demands upon the writers time and strength. It is believed, however, that sufficient data are given to enable any competent engineer to understand thoroughly even the most complicated phases of the work. Persons who care only for the accomplished fact may be inclined to underrate the interest and value of this record. But even they may be reminded that but for such patient and unremitting devotion as is here enregistered, the now accomplished fact of mechanical flight would still remain the wild unrealized dream which it was for so many centuries. To such men as Mr. Langley an unsuccessful experiment is not a failure but a means of instruction, a necessary and often an invaluable stepping-stone to the desired end. The trials of the large aerodrome in the autumn of 1903, to which the curiosity of the public and the sensationalism of the newspapers gave a character of finality never desired by Mr. Langley, were to him merely members of a long series of experiments, as much so as any trial of one of the small aerodromes or even of one of the earliest rubber-driven models. Had his health and strength been spared, he would have gone on with his experiments undiscouraged by these accidents in launching and undeterred by criticism and misunderstanding. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 47981
Author: Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont)
Release Date: Jan 17, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Contributor (Author): Manly, Charles M. (Charles Matthews), 1876-1927


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