JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
“A Light and Simple Motor” is the title for this short article in Scientific American (February 11, 1893). It is the work of Theodore A. Stark of Ottawa, Illinois, for the use on flying machines–it is a odd contraption that is suspended from an “aeroplane” (in this case the word is used to describe only the wing of the flying machine and not the flying machine itself), functioning like a push/pull device by arms and legs, powering the two large propellers that was supposed to keep the aircraft moving and aloft. This has a curious feel of greater age to it, being only ten years before the powered Wright flight.
And the detail:
