. The railroad and engineering journal . the man, wouldhave exhibited the action that was to be expected. Another class of inventors of wings for man haveendeavored to secure safety by the use of large bearingsurfaces. The first of these was probably, Meerwein,architect to the Prince of Wales, in 1784, who proposedan apparatus shaped like the longitudinal section of aspindle, separated into two wings, by a hinge at the measured nearly 200 sq. ft. in area, and probably wasnever tried, but if it had been, it is quite certain that aman could never have imparted to the wings sufficientve
. The railroad and engineering journal . the man, wouldhave exhibited the action that was to be expected. Another class of inventors of wings for man haveendeavored to secure safety by the use of large bearingsurfaces. The first of these was probably, Meerwein,architect to the Prince of Wales, in 1784, who proposedan apparatus shaped like the longitudinal section of aspindle, separated into two wings, by a hinge at the measured nearly 200 sq. ft. in area, and probably wasnever tried, but if it had been, it is quite certain that aman could never have imparted to the wings sufficientvelocity to perform any useful effect. The next proposal of this class was that of Brdant, who amount of ingenuity or skill can enable him to accomplish this feat. It has been argued that there is no proof that, weightfor weight, a man is comparatively weaker than a bird,and that, inasmuch as he can raise his weight in walkingup a stairway, he should be able to raise it by acting uponthe air with a suitable apparatus. The weak point about.
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