3/23
Accueil / Albums /

The Maxim Machine

The Maxim Machine.jpg Lilienthal's ExperimentsMiniaturesHenson's Proposed machineLilienthal's ExperimentsMiniaturesHenson's Proposed machineLilienthal's ExperimentsMiniaturesHenson's Proposed machineLilienthal's ExperimentsMiniaturesHenson's Proposed machineLilienthal's ExperimentsMiniaturesHenson's Proposed machine
Google+ Twitter Facebook Tumblr

The engines drove two canvas-covered wooden screws, each 18 feet in length, and the general appearance of the machine is indicated by the picture. In these trials, although it was always captive, the aeroplane demonstrated much that its inventor had set himself to prove. In Sir Hiram Maxim’s own words, it showed that it had “a lifting effect of more than a ton, in addition to the weight of three men and 600 lbs. of water.” He adds: “My machine demonstrated one very important fact, and that was that very large aeroplanes had a fair degree of lifting power for their area.”

Auteur
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Aeroplane, by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
Published 1914
Ajoutée le
Jeudi 7 Mai 2020
Dimensions
900*572
Tags
Visites
608
Téléchargements
23