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George Cayley, 6º Baronete ( 27 de dezembro de 1773 — 15 de dezembro de 1857 ), foi um engenheiro inglês, pioneiro da aviação. Fez parte do partido Whig, e membro do parlamento, como deputado pelo distrito de Scarborough, North Yorkshire, de 1832 a 1835. Foi um dos fundadores do Instituto Real Politécnico (atualmente Universidade de ...
Sir George Cayley was a genius of science whose works in aeronautics pioneered the conquest of flight. In his youth he devised a three-bladed propeller and placed it on a toy top, causing it to fly. Until his death in 1857, he devoted himself to the development of craft to carry man aloft.
Silver Disc machine, image of an aircraft engraved on a medallion by Sir George Cayley in 1799 with his initials to commemorate his conception of a powered aircraft. The Science Museum of London preserves a small silver disc, engraved by Cayley, representing the first modern conception of an airplane. The obverse of the disc, signed with the ...
Sir George Cayley, is sometimes called the 'Father of Aviation'. A pioneer in his field, he is credited with the first major breakthrough in heavier-than-air flight. He was the first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight – weight, lift, drag, and thrust – and their relationship and also the first to build a successful human ...
the Regency, Sir George Cayley. He later came to work in many fields of applied science, as well as taking an active part in public affairs during his long and tranquil life at the family seat of Brompton, near Scarborough; but 'aerial navigation' as he called it, was his earliest and most lasting enthusiasm.
ジョージ・ケイリー. 第6代 準男爵 サー・ ジョージ・ケイリー （ 英語: Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet 、 1773年 12月27日 - 1857年 12月15日 ）は、イギリスの工学者で、「航空学の父」とも称される航空の先駆者である。. 航空工学の初期の研究を行なうとともに ...
