Bellona Times
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The peculiar structure of the stamens, and the fact that two of them have claws extending down into the honey-bearing spur, are evidently aids in the fertilization by insects, and many of the violets are known to hybridize.
Viola pedata was named by Linnaeus in 1753 in his Species Plantarum, but it was first described and figured by Plukene in 1691 as Viola virginiana tricolor, Follis multifidus, Cautuloophila.
in the vicinity of washington d c and harrisburg pa the form known as tricolor in which the two upper petals are dark purple is more common about one hundred and fifty species of violets are known from all the temperate parts of the globe
a few occur at high altitudes in the tropics the viola sea comprise fifteen genera and three hundred species widely distributed some of them are trees
THE FLYING MACHINE OF THE FUTURE
Recording by Bologna Times.
Now that flying has become an accomplished fact, speculation as to just what the flying machine of the future will look like is quite as rife as it ever was when mankind generally regarded human flight as one of those long-cherished illusions which, like perpetual motion, would endure to torment the inventive mind as long as the race existed.
Wondrously impossible contrivances as large as the modern skyscraping hotel are talked of and pictured, and the imagination is drawn upon to supply details that will probably never exist elsewhere.
But the developments of the past few years have been so marvelous and so rapid that some even of what now appear to be wholly fanciful machines may actually be built in the future.
With all that has been accomplished in the past five years, it is evident that the first steps have scarcely been taken.
The only thing that actually has been achieved is the establishment of the principles upon which human flight is based, those elusive laws of science that had been sought in vain for centuries previous.
So far as the machines themselves are concerned, they can scarcely be said to have advanced very much.
They still represent the same crude assemblage of wood, wire, and canvas that the Wright brothers and their numerous predecessors were forced to adopt for their experiments, as they represented the only materials available.
Before going into this phase of the matter at any length, however, it will be of interest to take up the question as to just what type of machine is likely to survive.
Unpromising Types Ornithopter
It was only logical that first attempts at flight should be patterned after nature.
Many were of the opinion that if man were ever to fly, he must imitate the birds.
Strangely enough, some people are still of this opinion.
But since flight, based upon a scientific study of the laws governing sustentation in the air, has become a reality, they are in the minority.
Man's weight in proportion to the power he is able to exert is so puny in comparison with that of the birds as to make any possibility of development along this line out of the question.
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