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Excerpt from Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight: Part I. 1887 to 1896; Part II. 1897 to 1903
Persons who care only for the accomplished fact may be inclined to under rate the interest and value of this record. But even they may be reminded that but for such patient and unremitting devotion as is here enregistered, the now accomplished fact of mechanical ?ight would still remain the wild unrealized dream which it was for so many centuries.
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Persons who care only for the accomplished fact may be inclined to under rate the interest and value of this record. But even they may be reminded that but for such patient and unremitting devotion as is here enregistered, the now accomplished fact of mechanical ?ight would still remain the wild unrealized dream which it was for so many centuries.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331373707
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.0 cm
Page Count - 554
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333336530
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.0 cm
Page Count - 556
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