Word: workmanship
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of these drawbacks a biplane has been produced which compares favorably in workmanship with many successful machines. It has the unique features of being the lightest biplane ever constructed and of having no rear planes. The ingenious combination for controlling up-and-down direction and maintaining transverse stability by means of a single pair of anterior planes is a feature of great possibilities which has never before been embodied in a full sized aeroplane. In the progress of the science of aviation, the "Harvard I" will pray its part by demonstrating the practicability of the new ideas embodied...
...Harvard I" is of the biplane type, with a wingspread of 24 feet and a supporting surface of 200 square feet. The controlling elevators are the feature of the machine, and present 35 square feet of surface. The workmanship throughout is of spruce, hollowed for lightness and laminated for strength. The weight of the framework is about 150 pounds, and of the engine and propellor 200 pounds, making the total weight of machine and operator about 525 pounds, the lightest biplane ever built. The engine is four-cylinder, air-cooled, and will develop 30 horsepower...
...picture is on panel and represents the Madonna and child with youthful angels playing upon musical instruments. It is one of the early type with a gilt background. Certain crudities in the drawing and workmanship are apparent even to those who are not used to pictures of this period, but the sympathetic observer will find that the painting has splendid qualities if judged as a decorative piece. The color and design are rich and beautiful...
...etchings by John Ruskin is being held in the Upper Gallery of the Fogg Art Museum, in memory of Charles Eliot Norton '46. The collection illustrates the intimate friendship of Ruskin and Norton, which extended over a period of more than forty years. The various specimens show Ruskin's workmanship in pencil, wash, and water color, and the exhibit includes some of his remarkable architectural drawings, hasty sketches of landscape, and careful and detailed studies from nature...