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D
r. Croon said that in the Paris Gazet there was mention made
of one that had Lately flown there from the top of a steeple to
the ground at a considerable Di
stance and had lighted safe
he further obserued that the bodys of fowles were made in
all their parts Light & strong & particularly in their
bones.
m
r. Hooke produced a module of the contriuance of the
wings made w
th. Pastbord whereby both the manner of
themotion of them
and diagonally and al
so of their opening
and shutting was explained; though he suppo
sed the
same not the be
st way contriued for the performing
that effect /after/ that
way manner but that the same sort
of wings might be much more aduantageously made
and v
sed for that effect.
S
r. Ionas more Related that one m
r. Ga
scoyne aboue 40
years since had made a contriuance for flying by w
ch.
he had been able to make a boy ^ /at Knaesbrouogh/ fly a con
siderable way
but being frighted in his flight by the acclamations of
the spectators he fell down (but was not much hurt)
before he de
signed to alight. and would not attempt it any
further.
m
r. Henshaw conceiued that by reason of the weakne
sse of a
mans armes /for such kind of motions/, it would be much more probable to make a
charet
wth or such like machin w
th. springs & wheeles
to moue the wings that should serue to carry one or
more men in it to act & Guide it.
seuerall relations were mentiond of the strength of the
wings of fowles, and amongst the re
st m
r. Henshaw
mentiond that he had known a man of 50 years old
beat Down by the strokes of the wings of a swan.
m
r. Daniell Colwall Presented the society for their Repository
w
th. the Pezill of a vnicorn fi
sh w
ch. was Deliuerd to m
r Hunt for the Repository, And the thanks of
the Society Returnd to the
presenter. -
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