Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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**MORNING PRAYERS. Rev. F. J. McConnell, D.D. Subject: "The Inheritance of the Meek." Appleton Chapel, 8.45 A. M.
Mr. Merrill concluded his lecture by quoting at length from a pamphlet by Hiram Maxim, the well-known authority on military aeronautics. Mr. Maxim's opinion is that the development of aerial navigation will lesson the chances of war in that nothing save subterraneous works will be free from the...
Stability is of two kinds: transverse and fore and aft. The aeroplane in mid-air has two forces acting on it besides that of gravity, a tendency to turn over sideways and a tendency to pitch either backward or forward. To counteract the former, and thus gain transverse stability, the...
After demonstrating the principles of soaring, by blackboard diagrams, Mr. Merrill went on to explain the present weakness of the aeroplane, namely, the engine. It is the inefficiency of the motive power which has and still does limit the range and speed of the heavier-than-air machine. It is...
After the lecture Mr. W. H. Aitken, who has charge of the aeronautical exhibit at the "Boston 1915" exposition, gave several demonstrations of the Bleriot aeroplane by the use of a small paper model which was would up and propelled about the lecture hall.