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  Archive Reference: RAES/CAYL/NOTE/5/12

Description
On this page, the 'true inventor of the aeroplane' completes his observations of looking at human blood under a microscope and begins to discuss experiments involving applying force to metals.
Date(s)

 1795 (approx.)

Collection

  Sir George Cayley's Notebook - 'Vol 1' (1795)

Description

In his lifetime, Sir George Cayley (1773-1857) published just a few papers on the subject of aeronautics and many of his ideas are explored in five illustrated manuscript notebooks which were presented on permanent loan to the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1946 by Cayley's grandson Sir Kenelm Cayley. The…

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