All Lawrence Hargrave Quotes
- 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 must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees… Aid
- The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft. Bird
- Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible. Bent
- Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square… Aeroplanes
- And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various… Air
- My objective is and has been for years to make the lightest and most compact flying machine that would carry me at 25 or 30… Ability
- The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce. Adventure
- 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 surfaces,… All
- 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… Air
- Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be inert. You have… Apply
- 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… Air
- The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And if the work… Abstracting
- The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve… Chamber
- To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe… Describe
- If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed to be nearly… Angles