Today's installment concludes The First Airplanes,the name of our combined selection from Charles F. Horne, Samuel Langley, and Alexander Graham
Alexander Graham Bell Watches Airplane Experiments
The absolute weight of the aerodrome, including that of the engine and all appurtenances, was, as I was told, about twenty-five pounds, and the
Launching Troubles
Here, then, commences another long story of delay and disappointment in these efforts to obtain a successful launch.Continuing The First
Langley Begins His Experiments
The record of my attempts to acquire the art of flight may commence with the year 1889, when I procured a stuffed frigate bird, a California condor,
Needing an Engine
The commercial prosperity of the automobile industry led to the invention of ever lighter yet more powerful motors.Continuing The First
First Parachutes
Later experimenters were less successful, nor was it until after ballooning had become a popular sport that the most effective mechanism for arresting
Ballooning a Dead End
We turn back, therefore, to man's first fancy, the imitation of the birds, the heavier than air machine, sustained by the expenditure of energy from
First Commercial Railroad Engine
Today's installment concludes The First Railroad,our selection from The Life of George Stephenson by Samuel Smiles published in 1857.If you have
The Great Competition Begins
The ground on which the engines were to be tried was a level piece of railroad, about two miles in length.Continuing The First Railroad,our