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  Archive Reference: RAES/HARG/PHO/2/14

Description
Images 65-67 are of flying machines and sections of machines. Image 68 shows the first of series of images showing Hargrave constructing a kite.
Date(s)

 About 1889-1902

Collection

  Lawrence Hargrave: 'Evolution of the Flying Machine II' (1889-1902)

Description

"As far back as 1884 I put thought and labour on the evolution of the flying machine", noted Lawrence Hargrave in a letter of 9 March 1906 addressed to President and Members of The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. From 1884 onwards Hargrave read a series of papers on his aeronautical research…

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