Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume III
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 407
UDK: 600 eng- gl
With 424 Illustrations, Maps, and Diagrams
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44 ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
keeps its shape well .under heavy pressure,
and admits a surface polish which reduces skin
friction practically to vanishing point. The
woods selected for its manufacture are walnut
and spruce. The last is very light, easily
shaped, and tough.
AVIATION RECORDS.
Date. Aviator. Place. i Type of Machine. Duration of Flight. Distance, etc.
1897. Oct. 17. Ader. Satory, France. Mono- plane. 1,000 ft.
1903. Dec. 17. Orville and Wilbur Wright. Dayton, U.S.A. Biplane. 59 secs. 11 miles. 12 miles.
1905. Sept. 26. 29 99 99 99 18 min. 9 sec. 19 min. 55 sec.
Oct. 3. 4 99 99 99 25 min. 5 sec. 33 min. 17 sec. 15j miles. 21 miles.
5 38 min. 3 sec. 24£ miles.
1906. Aug. 22. A. Santos Dumont. Bagatelle, France. 99 Rose from the ground. First public flight.
Sept. 14. Oct. 24. 99 99 99 99 A few seconds. 4 sec. 160 ft.
Nov. 13. 13. 99 99 Tssy, France. 99 7 sec. 211 sec. 270 ft. 722 ft.
1907. Oct. 15. 26 H. Farman. 99 21 sec. 27 sec. 937 ft. 1,267 ft.
2G 99 31f sec. 1,322 ft.
26 52| sec. 2,529 ft.
1908. Jan. 13. Mar. 21. 99 99 99 99 1 min. 28 sec. 3 min. 31 sec. 1,093 yards. (First circular flight.) 1-24 miles.
April 11. May 30. „ 30. L. Delagrange. H. Farman. Rome. Ghent, Belgium. 99 99 99 6 min. 30 sec. 15 min. 26 sec. 2’43 miles. 7’88 miles. 1,360 yards. With E. Archdeacon
as passenger; first public pas- senger flight.
July 6. Sept. 6. Issy, France. Fort Myer, U.S.A. 20 min. 19| sec. 12-66 miles.
L. Delagrange. 99 29 min. 53f sec. 14-23 miles.
„ 9. Orville Wright. 99 57 min. 31 sec.
10. 1 hr. 5 min. 52 sec.
„ 11. 99 99 1 hr. 10 min. 24 sec. \
12 1 hr. 14 min. 20 sec. With Major Squier ; record passenger
,, AZ/. 12 99 9 min. 6 sec.
99 flight.
„ 21. Wilbur Wright. Le Mans, France. • • 1 hr. 31 min. 25| sec. 41 miles.
25. 11 min. 35 sec. With passenger.
Oct. 3. • • 55 min. 37# sec. 99
ft 1 hr. 4 min. 2GA sec. «•
99 10 99 1 hr. 9 min. 45| sec. 34-2 miles. With passenger.
30. H. Farman. Chalons, France. 20 mins. 16-5 miles. First cross-country flight.
Chalons to Rheims.
31. L. Blériot. Toury, France. Mono- 17'5 miles. First cross - crountry
plane. flight, with return to starting-
point; Toury to Artenay and back ; two landings on the way.
Dec. 18. Wilbur Wright. Le Mans, France. Biplane. 1 hr. 54 min. 53? sec. 62 miles.
31. 2 hr. ‘20 min. ‘231- sec. 77| miles.
1909. July 25. L. Bleriot. Calais to Dover. Mono- plane. 37 min. 2 hr. 27 min. 15 sec. 30 miles.
Aug. 7. R. Sommer. Chalons, France. Biplane. 82 miles.
„ 25. L. Paulhan. Rheims, France. 2 hr. 43 min. 24| sec.
26. H. Latham. Mono- 2 hr. 17 min. 21f sec. 96| miles.
.. 27. H. Farman. plane. Biplane. 3 hr. 4 min. 56?- sec. 112 miles.
„ 29. 99 10 min. 39 sec. G-21 miles. First flight with two
passengers.
Sept. 8. S. F. Cody. Aidershot. 99 1 hr. 3 min. 46 miles. First cross-country flight in England.
„ 17. Orville Wright. Berlin. Attained altitude of 607 feet.
„ 18. 1 hr. 35 min. 47 sec. Record with passenger.
19. H. Rougier. Brescia. Attained altitude of 650 feet.
„ 30. O. Wright. Berlin. 99 Attained altitude of 1 902 feet.
For Records of Dirigible Balloons see page 64.