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...force of head-winds into which it might be flying. And he had designed, although he had not yet built, a machine for humans to fly albatross-wise. His machine was to have a wingspan of 25 ft., a tail of 12 ft., and a weight of 150 Ib. The man who would operate it, would lie prone. His feet would flap the contrivance's wings; his hands would steer...
...upon seeing the monoplane America, which he designed and built for transatlantic flight, brought out of its hangar in a bright new coat of paint, threw up his hands and cried: "What! I spend all my time trying to take weight off the machine and they put on 40 Ib. of paint! Terrible! Terrible...
Produce-56 bu. white potatoes, 6 bu. sweet potatoes, 18 Ib. tobacco, 24 bu. apples, 8 bu. peaches...
Animal Produce (not consumed by average farmer and family)- 300 doz. eggs, 36 Ib. wool. 418 gal. milk, 7 gal. cream, 166 Ib. butter fat, 100 Ib. butter...
Born. To Basil Dean, co-dramatist with Margaret Kennedy of The Constant Nymph (TIME, Dec. 20), and Mrs. Dean (onetime Lady Mercy Greville, daughter of the Dowager Countess of Warwick) ; a daughter (9 Ib.) in London. Playwright Dean cabled a wish she should be named Tessa, after the heroine of the play...