late 19th century

  1. Grey Havoc

    The extinct Olympic sport of 'Plunging for Distance'

    Otherwise known as Distance Plunging. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240720-the-extinct-olympic-sport-that-was-the-dullest-of-all-time
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1900s 1980s 20th century bbc early 20th century late 19th century olympic sports olympics pre-world war i swimming the modern olympic games
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: The Bar
  2. R

    Russian Cruiser Novik (1900) High Speed Proposal

    Hello all, I was doing some reach on the Russian cruiser Novik laid down in 1900 and I found some interesting information regarding some alternate proposals. Apparently the German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke AG proposed a 30 knot capable cruiser design in 1898! As far as I am aware, Novik was a...
    • Rainbow1910
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    • early 20th century imperial russia imperial russian navy late 19th century naval ministry (russian empire) pre-world war i russian empire
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Tzoli

    Fisher's Warship Proposals

    Introduction: John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Commander, Captain, Admiral, Second then First Sea Lord, one if not the most influential and prominent naval commander of the Royal Navy. His ideas, views and dedicated work allowed the modernization of the Royal Navy to remain in first...
    • Tzoli
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    • battlecruiser battleships cruiser early 20th century great britain late 19th century pre-world war i royal navy world war i
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Grey Havoc

    Corpo della Regia Guardia di Finanza

    An article on the RINA website regarding an recent addition to the fleet of the present day Guardia di Finanza, got me to wondering, just what designs had been proposed over the years for the naval element of its previous incarnation as the Regia Guardia di Finanza (1881-1946)?
    • Grey Havoc
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    • early 20th century guardia di finanza kingdom of italy late 19th century regia guardia di finanza
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    Destroyer development (late 19th - early 20th Century)

    • Grey Havoc
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    • admiral john fisher destructor drachinifel early 20th century jeune école late 19th century naval history torpedo boat torpedo boat destroyer torpedo gunboat
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  6. hesham

    Old Flying Barrel Airplanes

    Hi, here is some old flying barrel airplanes. http://allenfrostlibrary.blogspot.com.eg/2011/04/flying-barrel.html
    • hesham
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    • 20th century cold war early 1910s experimental french third republic great britain interwar period kingdom of italy late 1890s late 1900s late 19th century nazi germany pre-world war i soviet union steam powered aircraft united states world war ii
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  7. W

    Brearey Oscillating / Undulating Wing - Skate-Style Flight?

    Hi folks, As aye, hope this isn’t old news. Saw this one as a model-drawing in a book I owned thirty-odd years ago and never found out the name until yesterday but here is an odd thing from 1879-1885 - an aircraft that isn't quite an ornithopter but not a fixed wing design or rotorcraft either...
  8. P

    American Airship Development, or lack thereof, in American during the late 1800s

    Try as I might, I can find very few inventors, enthusiasts, engineers who were experimenting with light-than-air flight in America. Solomon Andrews seems to be the only name I can find. Did American have enough interest to develop airships in this nation, or were we more focused of the...
  9. Grey Havoc

    Balloonatics

    http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28674654
    • Grey Havoc
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    • balloons great britain late 19th century lighter than air lta united kingdom victorian era
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  10. S

    Crystal Palace

    Around the previous turn of the century, there was an Engineering School based in the Crystal Palace, Paxton's famous glass exhibition building which had by then been re-erected at Sydenham in London. Several pioneer aviators passed through the area at one time or another, but I know of no...
    • steelpillow
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    • aeronautical society of great britain early 20th century edwardian era great britain late 19th century royal aeronautical society royal society of arts victorian era
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. Cy-27

    Levasseur Aircraft Designations (France)

    Pierre Levasseur was a French aircraft designer born in 1871. His company was called Sociéte Pierre Levasseur Aéronautique and thay produced aircraft mainly for the French Navy in the inter-war period. As a subsidiary, Levasseur also ran a successful flying school. The chief pilot of his...
    • Cy-27
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    • early 20th century french third republic interwar period late 19th century world war ii
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  12. blackkite

    Japanese aircraft pioneer Chuhachi Ninomiya

    Hi! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABhachi_Ninomiya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WsPnusghwc
  13. Stargazer

    Nikola Tesla's aeroplane dreams

    Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist. He was an important contributor to the use of commercial electricity, and is best known for developing the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply...
  14. Michel Van

    Jules Verne "Albatros" a more realistic look

    Jules Verne was a Genius with books like "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and submarine "Nautilus" in "Robur the Conqueror" published in 1886 feature the "Albatross" a Airship equip with 37 vertical propellers. the Albatross can be see as precursor to Helicopter but how look and work a...
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