Word: plane
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...aeroplane has been under construction for over two months. It is a biplane of the Wright type, but with new devices of its own. It has no rear planes. Up and down motion as well as transverse stability is governed by two transverse planes on the front of the machine; and a small triangular plane, also in front, gives lateral direction. The levers for control of elevation are held in either hand of the operator, and the rope governing the lateral plane is controlled by the movements of his body...
...camp will open for the summer on Thursday, June 23, and men will leave on the 9 A. M. train from the North Station on that day. The camp will close on Thursday, September 2. The following courses will be given: Engineering 4a, Plane and Topographical Surveying, a full course beginning on June 23 and continuing for six weeks; Engineering 4c, Geodetic Surveying, a half-course beginning on June 14 and continuing three weeks, open to students who have passed satisfactorily in Engineering 4a in a previous summer; Engineering 4d, Railroad Engineering, a full course beginning August 4 and continuing...