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  • But as negotiations continued, it became apparent that Lilienthal's unified development idea had ignored the deep enmity of India and Pakistan.

    India and Pakistan 1969

  • But as negotiations continued, it became apparent that Lilienthal's unified development idea had ignored the deep enmity of India and Pakistan.

    India and Pakistan 1960

  • But as negotiations continued, it became apparent that Lilienthal's unified development idea had ignored the deep enmity of India and Pakistan.

    India and Pakistan 1960

  • Lilienthal's glider kept aloft four minutes, but this new dread-naught of Germany's dying navy was aloft ninety-six hours, maintaining a speed of thirty-eight miles an hour, this even in the face of a storm pressure of almost eighty meters.

    The Secrets of the German War Office Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves

  • Lilienthal's glider to the last word in aërial construction such as the mysterious Zeppelin-Parseval sky monster that, carrying a complement of twenty-five men and twelve tons of explosives, sailed across the North Sea, circled over London, and returned to Germany.

    The Secrets of the German War Office Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves

  • I guess it would be better to try to make a Chanute glider -- just a plain pair of sup'rimposed planes, instead of one all combobulated like a bat's wings, like Lilienthal's glider was ....

    The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • While Pilcher was carrying on Lilienthal's work in England, the great

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • The two are inseparable, for the men gave themselves to their art; the story of Lilienthal's life and death is the story of his work; the story of Pilcher's work is that of his life and death.

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • Balance and steering were effected, apart from the high degree of inherent stability afforded by the tail, as in the case of Lilienthal's glider, by altering the position of the body.

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • Lilienthal's researches, but had imagined that the phenomenon would disappear if they used a fairly lightly cambered -- or curved -- surface with a very abrupt curve at the front.

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

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