2804655The Aeroplane in Warhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-aeroplane-in-war-9781465650979/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3082288/90356ac6-7e6b-4eb7-a2eb-b603d0d7696c.jpg?v=63838485639657000092102MXNLibrary of AlexandriaInStock/Ebooks/2740392The Aeroplane in War92102https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-aeroplane-in-war-9781465650979/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3082288/90356ac6-7e6b-4eb7-a2eb-b603d0d7696c.jpg?v=638384856396570000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781465650979_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9781465650979_<p>In order to pave the way for a description of what the war aeroplane, as we know it to-day, can accomplish, it is necessary to tracealthough only brieflythe development of the heavier-than-air machine during recent years. One fact immediately claims the attention of any student of this question. He sees that England might to-day, had she not shown initial apathy, be the first nation in the world in the fostering, and development, of aerial navigation. Instead of holding such a proud position, howeverand any nation may well be proud of having encouraged this new artwe suffer for having displayed a lack of interest in the conquest of the air, and for having given practically no help to far-seeing enthusiasts who first devoted themselves to the great problem. There was no lack of pioneers in England; but, instead of giving them assistance, we discouraged them, with the result that such countries as France and Germanywide awake to all forms of progresshave moved forward from one triumph to another. More than a hundred years ago, for instance, England had an opportunity of displaying a definite interest in flying. Sir George Cayley, a remarkably clever engineer, turned his attention to the design of a flying machine, and actually produced, in the year 1809, plans of a machine which anticipated many constructional features of the monoplane as it is built to-day. Of course there was not, in those days, any such efficient motive power as is now supplied by the petrol engine; but Sir George Cayley lectured upon his ideas, and sought to interest people in them. Had his deductions been greeted with enthusiasm, it is not probable that any successful flying machine would immediately have been produced; the difficulty of finding a reliable propelling medium would have prevented this. But what a ready and encouraging acceptance of Sir George Cayleys pioneer work would inevitably have done, would have been to turn the minds of other inventors towards the problem, and so pave the way for a series of discoveries, each more important than its predecessor. The imaginations of those who might have exercised a great influence upon future progress were not fired, however; and the same remark applies to the efforts of those who followed in Sir George Cayleys footsteps, and endeavoured to give his ideas more practical shape. Stringfellow and Henson, for example, pored over the great engineers drawings, and produced working models of a flying machine. Their apparatus was crude, it is true; but this toil represented so many steps forward along the path of progress. It had been mans ambition, for centuries, to fly; success could not be expected without infinite labour. Nothing definite came of the work of these pioneers, however. They had little encouragement; they were regarded as cranks. The importance of the work they were engaged upon was not, indeed, realised.</p>(*_*)9781465650979_<p>In order to pave the way for a description of what the war aeroplane, as we know it to-day, can accomplish, it is necessary to tracealthough only brieflythe development of the heavier-than-air machine during recent years. One fact immediately claims the attention of any student of this question. He sees that England might to-day, had she not shown initial apathy, be the first nation in the world in the fostering, and development, of aerial navigation. Instead of holding such a proud position, howeverand any nation may well be proud of having encouraged this new artwe suffer for having displayed a lack of interest in the conquest of the air, and for having given practically no help to far-seeing enthusiasts who first devoted themselves to the great problem. There was no lack of pioneers in England; but, instead of giving them assistance, we discouraged them, with the result that such countries as France and Germanywide awake to all forms of progresshave moved forward from one triumph to another. More than a hundred years ago, for instance, England had an opportunity of displaying a definite interest in flying. Sir George Cayley, a remarkably clever engineer, turned his attention to the design of a flying machine, and actually produced, in the year 1809, plans of a machine which anticipated many constructional features of the monoplane as it is built to-day. Of course there was not, in those days, any such efficient motive power as is now supplied by the petrol engine; but Sir George Cayley lectured upon his ideas, and sought to interest people in them. Had his deductions been greeted with enthusiasm, it is not probable that any successful flying machine would immediately have been produced; the difficulty of finding a reliable propelling medium would have prevented this. But what a ready and encouraging acceptance of Sir George Cayleys pioneer work would inevitably have done, would have been to turn the minds of other inventors towards the problem, and so pave the way for a series of discoveries, each more important than its predecessor. The imaginations of those who might have exercised a great influence upon future progress were not fired, however; and the same remark applies to the efforts of those who followed in Sir George Cayleys footsteps, and endeavoured to give his ideas more practical shape. Stringfellow and Henson, for example, pored over the great engineers drawings, and produced working models of a flying machine. Their apparatus was crude, it is true; but this toil represented so many steps forward along the path of progress. It had been mans ambition, for centuries, to fly; success could not be expected without infinite labour. Nothing definite came of the work of these pioneers, however. They had little encouragement; they were regarded as "cranks." The importance of the work they were engaged upon was not, indeed, realised.</p>...9781465650979_Library of Alexandrialibro_electonico_725c082f-892d-3085-88a0-7ea3324ccabd_9781465650979;9781465650979_9781465650979Claude Grahame-WhiteInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/markmoxford-epub-1c73727d-23bf-4dd6-83f9-017ab7fd443a.epub2020-03-16T00:00:00+00:00Library of Alexandria