(source) Octave Chanute (18 Feb 1832 - 23 Nov 1910) U.S. aeronaut whose work and interests profoundly influenced Orville and Wilbur Wright and the invention of the airplane. Octave Chanute was a successful engineer who took up the invention of the airplane as a hobby following his early retirement. [more biography...] Progress in Flying Machines reprint publ. Dover (1998) (source) Visit our Science and Scientist Quotations index for more quotes from archaeologists, biologists, chemists, geologists, inventors and inventions, mathematicians, physicists, pioneers in medicine, science events and technology. Perpetual Motion Science Stories Chemistry Stories Quotations ... Science Store A selection of interesting science books, dvds and learning products for gifts or yourself. To introduce you to our Science store, a 32% savings on: Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations Oxford Univ Press, 736 pp. List $ Price: $12.89 Original words on great scientific discoveries. Darwin considers pros and cons of marriage. James Clerk Maxwell's electric but poetic Valentine. I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy. Albert Einstein | |
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