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Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet ( 27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857 ) was a prolific English engineer and one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics.
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Sir George Cayley was one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics.
In 1799 Sir George Cayley set forth the concept of the modern airplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control.
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A drawing of a glider by Sir George Cayley, one of the early attempts at creating an aerodynamic shape.
Sir George Cayley is credited as the first person to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight — weight, lift, drag, and thrust — and the relationships between them.
Otto Lilienthal, following the work of Sir George Cayley, was the first person to become highly successful with glider flights.
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Although he presided over a large majority, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was overshadowed by his ministers, most notably Herbert Henry Asquith at the Exchequer, Edward Grey at the Foreign Office, Richard Burdon Haldane at the War Office and David Lloyd George at the Board of Trade.
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* December 15 – Sir George Cayley, English aviation pioneer ( b. 1773 )
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Sir George Cayley ( 1773 – 1857 ) also used a whirling arm to measure the drag and lift of various airfoils.
In 1799, Sir George Cayley set forth the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control.
* 1853 – Sir George Cayley built and demonstrated the first heavier-than-air aircraft ( a glider )
In 1799 Sir George Cayley set forth the concept of the modern airplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control.
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The British polymath Sir George Cayley patented a continuous track, which he called a " universal railway " ( The Mechanics ' Magazine, 28 January 1826 ).
Modern aerospace began with Sir George Cayley in 1799.
During the last years of the 18th century, Sir George Cayley started the first rigorous study of the physics of flight.
Other British pioneers in their field include ; Joseph Lister ( Antiseptic surgery ), Edward Jenner ( Vaccination ), Florence Nightingale ( Nursing ), Richard Owen ( Palaeontology ), Sir George Cayley ( Aerodynamics ), William Fox Talbot ( Photography ), Howard Carter ( Modern Archaeology, discovered Tutankhamun ), James Hutton ( Modern Geology ).
His father, Henry Cayley, was a distant cousin of Sir George Cayley the aeronautics engineer innovator, and descended from an ancient Yorkshire family.
He followed an experimental approach established previously by Sir George Cayley.
The aerodynamic stabilizing qualities of dihedral angle were first described by Sir George Cayley in 1808 – 1809.
" Cayley Halls ", named after the aeronautical engineer Sir George Cayley, was built when demand for office space meant that students could no longer reside within the main building, and continues its use at present for the students of the university.
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These engines may be based on a number of thermodynamic cycles encompassing both open cycle devices such as those of Sir George Cayley and John Ericsson and the closed cycle engine of Robert Stirling.
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Ramsey Abbey house-the former 17th century home of Sir Henry Cromwell, is currently used to house 6th form facilities and to accommodate lessons.
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