Word: powers
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...which is the only practical method of the three employed to elevate a heavier-than-air machine. The other two the use of vertical screws and the oscillation of wings, involve almost insoluble questions of stability. No progress was made in aeroplanes until Langley showed that the estimation of power necessary to lift a given weight was erroneous. Maxim took up the Work of Langley and contrived to lift 8,000 pounds by the proper balancing of horizontal planes. Lielienthal, a German scientist, attacked the problem of stability which had hitherto impeded any practical progress in mechanical aviation. Mr. Merrill...
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 on the engine that French scientists are now putting their greatest efforts. To get the maximum horse-power with a minimum weight is the present problem of aeronautics. If the engine ceases to supply power the aeroplane has to descend and if this happens over a country devoid of suitable...
...preliminary work in preparation for the final games was brought to an end by the defeat of Brown by the score of 23 to 0. The large score was a surprise, but it was due not so much to any unusual weakness in the visiting eleven as to the power and speed of the Yale backfield. The individual playing of the Yale line was remarkable and often brilliant, but lacked unity. Philbin, in the latter part of the second half, caught a punt on his own 35-yard line, and, with tremendous speed, dodged through the whole Brown team...
...last Saturday, Yale defeated the Princeton eleven by the score of 17 to 0. The Yale team gave promise of tremendous strength but failed to exhibit all the power which they possessed. The men were not well together and the backs did not help each other as they should have. The main features of the game were the work of Philbin and Murphy in running back kicks, and the line smashing...
...management has done everything in its power to fill the applications of those that merit tickets. The tickets sent out yesterday, which are for the seats in the third and fourth rows in the peristyle and the row now in the process of erection on top of the Stadium, form the final allotment. In the cases where the applications have not been filled, the money and checks will be returned after the game...