Agaricus bisporus
24th Apr 2014, 20:23
Here is a copy describing how Orville Wright and the Hicksville cyclists started the whole thing...by Himself.
The engineering, the research, the testing, the theoretical calculations, the comparative reasoning, the ditching of accepted reasoning, the simple mechanical brilliance and discipline of repeated testing. The bravery! And, what's more, it's a likeable read.
Those men were giants!
And thanks to Project Gutenberg it's free to the world too!
The Early History of the Airplane by Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25420)
Geek alert!!!!
So get on it, and marvel!
The engineering, the research, the testing, the theoretical calculations, the comparative reasoning, the ditching of accepted reasoning, the simple mechanical brilliance and discipline of repeated testing. The bravery! And, what's more, it's a likeable read.
Those men were giants!
And thanks to Project Gutenberg it's free to the world too!
The Early History of the Airplane by Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright - Free Ebook (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25420)
Geek alert!!!!
So get on it, and marvel!