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I will sing you a man - but first there is the tender little story that must precede his history, as, if you would know why a sand castle is shaken down by the ripples from a pool, you must first know how the stone was thrown to cause the ripples. And this story is as told by Cloa the priest, so that there is in it none of the ringing strength of the legend Leonti handed down, but only such aching sweetness as is in opening buds and the scented winds of early spring. ... Read more

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Two abortive attempts characterised the sixties of last century in France. As regards the first of these, it was carried out by three men, Nadar, Ponton d'Amecourt, and De la Landelle, who conceived the idea of a full-sized helicopter machine. D'Amecourt exhibited a steam model, constructed in 1865, at the Aeronautical Society's Exhibition in 1868. The engine was aluminium with cylinders of bronze, driving two screws placed one above the other and rotating.Download Description
Two abortive attempts characterised the sixties of last century in France. As regards the first of these, it was carried out by three men, Nadar, Ponton d'Amecourt, and De la Landelle, who conceived the idea of a full-sized helicopter machine. D'Amecourt exhibited a steam model, constructed in 1865, at the Aeronautical Society's Exhibition in 1868. The engine was aluminium with cylinders of bronze, driving two screws placed one above the other and rotating. ... Read more