The Rail-Splitter, Vol. 1
Bryson, Walter E.![The Rail-Splitter, Vol. 1](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/260/26011349/CHSBZCOP0326011349.jpg)
Excerpt from The Rail-Splitter, Vol. 1: January, 1917In an interesting way he referred to Professor Langley's experience With the ¿ying machine. From his shrewd oh servation of a bumblebee's ¿ying he deduced the principles of the ¿ying machine, and finally succeeded in making the first heavier-than-air machine. After two men had attempted a ¿ying machine by starting it from a height, Dr. Langley, disappointed by the disaster which attended eac...