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And now, having the theory of the flight before us, let us come to the practice. The first thing will be to provide an engine of unprece- dented lightness that is to furnish the power. A few years ago an engine that developed a horsepower weighed nearly as much as the actual horse did. We have got to begin by trying to make an engine which shall weigh, everything complete, boiler and all, not more than 20 pounds to the horsepower, and preferably less than 10; but even if we have done this very ...hard thing we may be said to have only fought our way up to an enormous difficulty, for the next question will be how to use the power it gives so as to get a horizontal flight.
We must then consider through what means the power is to be applied when we get it, and whether we shall, for instance, have wings oi' screws. At first it seems as though nature must know best, and that since her flying models, birds, are exclusively employing wings, this is the thing for us; but perhaps this is not the case.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And now, having the theory of the flight before us, let us come to the practice. The first thing will be to provide an engine of unprece- dented lightness that is to furnish the power. A few years ago an engine that developed a horsepower weighed nearly as much as the actual horse did. We have got to begin by trying to make an engine which shall weigh, everything complete, boiler and all, not more than 20 pounds to the horsepower, and preferably less than 10; but even if we have done this very ...hard thing we may be said to have only fought our way up to an enormous difficulty, for the next question will be how to use the power it gives so as to get a horizontal flight.
We must then consider through what means the power is to be applied when we get it, and whether we shall, for instance, have wings oi' screws. At first it seems as though nature must know best, and that since her flying models, birds, are exclusively employing wings, this is the thing for us; but perhaps this is not the case.
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