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M. SANTOS DUMONT'S AEROPLANE.
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**AIRSHIPS."
Postcard 9495.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.
By Appointment.
M. Santos Dumont's Aeroplane. The picture repre-
sents one of the most recent products of M. Santos
Dumont's numerous experiments with a view to conquering
the problem of aerial locomotion. The machine is built on
the heavier than air" principle, the sustaining power
being two box wings, each measuring 18 feet by 11 feet.
with a sustaining area of 861 square feet. Experiments on
Nov. 12th, 1906, forcibly demonstrated the practicability
of the invention.
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