Word: types
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...prize of $100,000 is offered by the Aero Club of France for the development of the "helicopter" type of machine which will be able to land and take off vertically, according to a recent announcement by the Aero Club of America. The prize is put up by Monsieur Michelin, long an ardent supporter of aviation...
...This type of machine would be independent of horizontal flying speed to create pressure under its wings and would be able to land and to start from the roofs of buildings in the heart of a city. This implies the necessity of a motor strong enough to swing a propellor which would lift the machine by sheer strength without the help of the wings. It is in fact the application of the principle laid down by Orville Wright that a kitchen table could fly with sufficient engine power...
...said to approach a helicopter in their vertical climb but no one of these machines, no matter how powerful its engines, has been able to leave the ground at flying speed of less than 45 to 70 miles an hour. A large field is, of course, necessary for this type of plane, and in the aerial mail service for example an open expanse is often difficult to find...
...name mentioned in this incident is fictitious, but the occurrence is a true one, Mr. Straus does not contend--nor does anyone else--that it is typical of college men in general. The "superior" type is, fortunately, becoming relatively scarce. An examination of the names of men of achievement appearing in "Who's Who" shows that only one uneducated child in one hundred and fifty thousand is able to accomplish anything that entitles him to honorable mention in the progress of his state; that children with common-school education win out four times as often; that a high school diploma...
...attempting to produce Dunsany's "Fame and the Poet", the Dramatic Club set for itself a difficult task. Brilliant as the dialogue is, the play is distinctly of the "closet" type--designed especially to be read. Consequently, the "atmosphere" of the piece is a most elusive thing and extremely difficult to get across the footlights. That the performance almost succeeded in doing this is a matter for no little praise. In fact, the effort was such an admirable one, and there is so much to commend, that a would-be critic hesitates to mention any of the faults--we have...