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
The First Airplanes
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Origins of Powered Flight.IntroductionBefore the Wright Brothers’
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
Developing The Rocket’s Engine
When the Rocket was finished, it was placed upon the Killingworth Railway for the purpose of experiment.Continuing The First Railroad,our
Boiler for Railroad Engine
For many years previous to this period, ingenious mechanics had been engaged in attempting to solve the problem of the best and most economical boiler