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71Codex on the Flight of Birds — Ms B Fol 88v: Design for a flying machine or catapul, taken from the codex. Codex on the Flight of Birds is a relatively short codex of circa 1505[1] by Leonardo da Vinci. It comprises 18 folios and …
72Richard Vogt (aircraft designer) — Dr. Richard Vogt (19 December, 1894 January 1979) was a German engineer and aircraft designer. He is well known as a designer of unique warplanes, including an asymmetrically shaped reconnaissance aircraft and a nuclear powered bomber, [… …
73Medway watermills (upper tributaries) — For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery mentioned, see Mill machinery. River Medway (Upper tributaries) Legend …
74Cuba — Cuban, adj., n. /kyooh beuh/; Sp. /kooh vah/, n. a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 10,999,041; 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Cap.: Havana. /kooh bah/, n. Cubba. * * * Cuba Introduction Cuba… …
75Borromini, Francesco — orig. Francesco Castelli born Sept. 25, 1599, Bissone, Duchy of Lombardy died Aug. 2, 1667, Rome Italian Baroque architect. Though he worked with Gian Lorenzo Bernini on the design of the famous baldachin in St. Peter s Basilica, the two later… …
76Palladio, Andrea — orig. Andrea di Pietro della Gondola born Nov. 30, 1508, Padua, Republic of Venice died August 1580, Vicenza Italian architect. While a young mason, he was noticed by an Italian scholar and soon found himself studying mathematics, music,… …
77Wright, Frank Lloyd — born June 8, 1867, Richland Center, Wis., U.S. died April 9, 1959, Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. architect. After studying engineering briefly at the University of Wisconsin, he worked for the firm of Dankmar Adler (1844–1900) and Louis Sullivan in Chicago …
78Bruant, Libéral — ▪ French architect Bruant also spelled Bruand born c. 1635 died Nov. 22, 1697, Paris, France builder of the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, a French architect noted for the gravity, dignity, and simplicity of his designs. Bruant was the… …
79Johnson, Philip C. — ▪ American architect in full Philip Cortelyou Johnson born July 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. died Jan. 25, 2005, New Canaan, Conn. American architect and critic known both for his promotion of the International Style and, later, for his… …
80Stein, Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum — ▪ prime minister of Prussia Introduction (imperial baron of) born Oct. 26, 1757, Nassau an der Lahn, Nassau [Germany] died June 29, 1831, Schloss Cappenberg, Westphalia [Germany] Rhinelander born Prussian statesman, chief minister of Prussia… …
