Alexander Graham Bell experimented with very large man-lifting kites, as did the Wright brothers and Lawrence Hargrave.

Lawrence Hargrave first developed a rotary engine in 1889 using compressed air, intending it to be used in powered flight.

** Lawrence Hargrave, Australian engineer ( d. 1915 )

In the 1890s, Lawrence Hargrave conducted research on wing structures and developed a box kite that lifted the weight of a man.

Manned kite flying and aerial photography was advanced also by French Marcel Maillot, British Robert Baden-Powell, Americans Charles Lamson and William Abner Eddy, Australian Lawrence Hargrave ( inventor of box kite in 1893 and kite train in 1884 ) and French Captain Saconney.

Australian Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite and dedicated his life to constructing flying machines.

With its tiny population of about 7 million, Australia ranked sixth in the world for scheduled air mileage, had 16 airlines, was growing at twice the world average, and had produced a number of prominent aviation pioneers, including Lawrence Hargrave, Harry Hawker, Lawrence Wackett, the Reverend John Flynn, Sidney Cotton, Keith Virtue and Charles Kingsford Smith.

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* An engraving of Lawrence Hargrave alongside some of his gliders appeared on the reverse of the Australian $ 20 banknote from 1966 to 1994.

Lawrence Hargrave Drive is a road which stretches from the Old Princes Highway in Helensburgh to the bottom of Bulli Pass in Thirroul.

* The Lawrence Hargrave Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Sydney University and the Hargrave-Andrew Engineering and Sciences library at Monash University are named in his honour.

* Australia's largest airline Qantas named its fifth Airbus A380 aircraft ( registration VH-OQE ) after Lawrence Hargrave.

* Lawrence Hargrave Drive

( 1977 ) Lawrence Hargrave: Explorer, Inventor and Aviation Experimenter Sydney: Cassell Australia.

* Amirah Inglis, ' Hargrave, Lawrence ( 1850-1915 )', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, MUP, 1983, pp 196 – 198.

* Michael Adams: " Wind Beneath his Wings: Lawrence Hargrave at Stanwell Park ", Cultural Exchange International Pty.

* Winged Figure Lawrence Hargrave Memorial

* The Hargrave Files papers and drawings by Lawrence Hargrave, and miscellaneous articles about Hargrave's kites from the archives of the Australian Kite Association

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The award ceremony was held on February 29, 1940 in Berkeley, California due to the war, in the auditorium of Wheeler Hall on the campus of the university with Lawrence receiving his medal from Carl E. Wallerstedt, Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.

The title was revived as a thrice weekly publication by Major Lawrence E. Knox, with the first edition being published on 29 March 1859.

* McMillan, E. M ." Some Thoughts on Stability in Nonlinear Periodic Focusing Systems &# 91 ; Addendum &# 93 ;", University of California Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States Department of Energy ( through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission ), ( March 29, 1968 ).

Enrollment at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses was 26, 266 students for the 2010 – 2011 academic year ; an additional 3, 196 students were enrolled at the KU Medical Center for a total enrollment of 29, 462 students across the three campuses.

* June 29 – Sharon Lawrence, actress.

" Proposed Molecular Beam Determination of Energy Partition in the Photodissociation of Polyatomic Molecules ", University of California, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, United States Department of Energy ( through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission ), ( January 29, 1964 ).

Based on Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam — the story of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s — Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951, starring Gertrude Lawrence as Anna and a mostly unknown Yul Brynner as the king.

On August 29, at the Mercier Bridge blockade, the Mohawks negotiated an end to their protest with Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Gagnon, the ' Van Doo ' commander responsible for monitoring the blockades along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River west of Montreal.

John Lawrence, the last Abbot of Ramsey, by his will dated 29 February 1537 – 8, directed that £ 13 6s.

Fredrick Lawrence " Fred " Grandy ( born June 29, 1948 ) is a former actor best known for his role as ' Gopher ' on the sitcom The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.

* Powell, Lawrence N. " Lyle Saxon and the WPA Guide to New Orleans ," Southern Spaces 29 July 2009.

The VENUS ECR ion source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has produced in intensity of 0. 25 mA ( electrical ) of Bi < sup > 29 +</ sup >.

Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM ( born 29 October 1971 ) is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season.

On May 29, 1914, the RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River near this village.

Jerome Lawrence ( July 14, 1915 – February 29, 2004 ) was an American playwright and author.

* Original Review of the Macintosh by Lawrence J. Magid ( January 29, 1984 )

It was absorbed by another extratropical low later on September 29 near Anticosti Island in the northern Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse KP FRS ( 17 November 1840 – 29 August 1908 ) was the son and successor of the astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse who built the " Leviathan of Parsonstown " telescope, largest of its day, and his wife, the Countess Rosse ( née Mary Field ), an amateur astronomer and pioneering photographer.

It was placed there at some point after 29 September when Richard Lawrence, a workman, had last been inside the unlocked vault.

Lowell Jackson Thomas ( April 6, 1892August 29, 1981 ) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous.

Isaac Lawrence Milliken ( August 29, 1815December 2, 1885 ; buried in Rosehill Cemetery ) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1854 to 1855.

Lawrence Lavon " Larry " Linville ( September 29, 1939 – April 10, 2000 ) was an American actor.

It was commanded by four officers, Major General Edwin Morris from formation until 16 December, Brigadier A. E. Lawrence until 29 December, Major General Sir Oliver Leese until 30 January 1941 and then Brigadier H. J. Parham.

Joseph Lawrence Alioto ( February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998 ) was the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.