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Lawrence Hargrave
Australian
Scientist
Born:
Jan 29
,
1850
Died:
Jul 14
,
1915
Face
Power
Water
Will
Wind
You
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If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed to be nearly always on the rising side or face of the wave and moving apparently at right angles to the wave's course, but really diagonal to it.
Lawrence Hargrave
You
Bird
Will
Face
Speedily
Side
Wave
Direct
Angles
Rising
Attention
Course
Always
Surface
Regard
Moving
Really
Noticed
Your
Apparently
Nearly
Right
Position
And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.
Lawrence Hargrave
Great
Resume
Face
Down
Wave
Back
Air
Station
Following
Directions
Various
Disadvantage
Poise
Velocity
Enables
Till
Close
May
Being
Which
Again
Plane
Cuts
Raised
It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched surfaces, head resistance, ratio of weight to area, and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up.
Lawrence Hargrave
Intelligence
Result
Wind
Power
Guiding
Giant
Crop
Cross
Angles
Ratio
Area
Compute
Weight
Head
Force
Becomes
Effect
Up
Task
Seas
Ever
Resistance
To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe and exhibit my last experiments and explain their novelty and utility.
Lawrence Hargrave
Knowledge
Remove
Own
My Own
Obstacle
Come
Also
Exhibit
Repeat
Refer
Experiments
Explain
Notice
Views
Describe
Expressed
Novelty
Utility
Last
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