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The Stability of an Aëroplane

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I HAVE been much interested in reading Prof. Bryan's statement on the subject of the stability of an aëroplane, but I cannot agree with him in thinking that the solution of the problem is to come from the mathematical side. I should be the last to decry the use of mathematics in such a case, but if the final result is to be absolutely trustworthy, there must be no doubtful assumptions made during the process.

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DINES, W. The Stability of an Aëroplane. Nature 83, 68–69 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083068c0

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