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The Aeroplane Speaks. Fifth Edition
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H. Barber
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"That
suits
us
very
well,"
said
the
Surface,
"but,
excuse
me
asking,
how
is
it
done
without
apparatus
increasing
the
Drift
and
the
Weight
out
of
all
reason?
You
won't
mind
showing
us
your
Calculations,
Working
Drawings,
Stress
Diagrams,
etc.,
will
you?"
Said
the
Letter
with
dignity,
"I
come
from
an
Inventor
so
brilliantly
clever
as
to
be
far
above
the
unimportant
matters
you
mention.
He
is
no
common
working
man,
sir!
He
leaves
such
things
to
Mechanics.
The
point
is,
you
press
a
button
and----"
"Look
here,"
said
a
Strut,
rather
pointedly,
"where
do
you
think
you
are
going,
anyway?"
"Well,"
from
the
Letter,
"as
a
matter
of
fact,
I'm
not
addressed
yet,
but,
of
course,
there's
no
doubt
I
shall
reach
the
very
highest
quarters
and
absolutely
revolutionize
Flight
when
I
get
there."
Said
the
Chalk,
"I'll
address
you,
if
that's
all
you
want;
now
drift
along
quickly!"
And
off
went
the
Letter
to
The
Technical
Editor,
"Daily
Mauler,"
London.
And
a
League
was
formed,
and
there
were
Directors
with
Fees,
and
several
out-of-service
Tin
Hats,
and
the
Man-who-takes-the-credit,
and
a
fine
fat
Guinea-pig,
and
all
the
rest
of
them.
And
the
Inventor
paid
his
Tailor
and
had
a
Hair-Cut,
and
is
now
a
recognized
Press
Expert--but
he
is
still
waiting
for
those
Mechanics!
"I'm
afraid,"
said
the
Slide-rule,
who
had
been
busy
making
those
lightning-like
automatic
calculations
for
which
he
is
so
famous,
"it's
quite
impossible
to
fully
satisfy
all
of
you,
and
it
is
perfectly
plain
to
me
that
we
shall
have
to
effect
a
Compromise
and
sacrifice
some
of
the
Lift
for
Speed."
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