My objective is and has been for years to make the lightest and most compact flying machine that would carry me at… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And if the… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
My objective is and has been for years to make the lightest and most compact flying machine that would carry me at 25 or… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible. — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be inert. You… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed to be… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
![“The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with American workers. I know that success is dead sure to come, and therefore do not waste time and words in trying to convince unbelievers.” quote by Lawrence Hargrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee8/lawrence-hargrave-31692_american-workers_the-people-of-sydney-who-can-speak-of-my_1179795.jpg)
