Top 6 Lawrence Hargrave Quotes (2025 Update)

Lawrence Hargrave Quote: “The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.”

1. “The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.”

Lawrence Hargrave Quote: “Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.”

2. “Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.”

3. “Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts.”

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4. “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.”

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5. “The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce.”

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6. “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.”

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