The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird appears to almost feel the surface with the tip of its weather wing. — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
As to the effect of the wave on the air, we will suppose the water to be quite flat and the air motionless, a heavy undulation comes on the scene, it has to pass, so it pushes the air up… — 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)
