The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird appears to almost feel the surface with the tip of its weather wing.
-- Lawrence Hargrave
   
Lawrence Hargrave   Name:
Lawrence Hargrave
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
Australian
Birth:
January 29, 1850
Death:
July 14, 1915
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