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| Title |
How the bicycle took wing |
| Personal
Name |
Crouch, Tom D. |
| Publication
Title |
American heritage of invention & technology |
| Pages |
p.10-16, illus. |
| Publication
Year |
Summer 1986 |
| Language |
English |
| Form
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journal article |
| Country |
United States |
| Open
Term |
Airplanes and Flights ,Biographical References -- Wright Brothers |
| Volume(Issue) |
2(1) |
| Abstract |
Popular journal article discussing the influence of the bicycle on the development of the airplane both for the analogy of bicycling and flying in the public mind, and for the technical problems that had to be solved--particularly the problem of control and balance in all three axes of motion and the need for weight reduction. The author argues that the Wright brothers' experience with the bicycle was an important factor, but it was their genius that was the decisive factor in their invention of the airplane. |
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