I am afraid I am not in the flight for aerial navigation. I was greatly interested in your work with kites; but I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning or of expectation of good results from any of the trials we hear of. So you will understand that I would not care to be a member of the aëronautical Society.


As a response to Major B. F. S. Baden Powell's request to join the Aeronautical Society, December 8, 1896.

William Thomson Quotes

I am afraid I am not in the flight for aerial navigation. I was greatly interested in your work with kites; but I have not the smallest molecule of...

I am afraid I am not in the flight for aerial navigation. I was greatly interested in your work with kites; but I have not the smallest molecule of...

I am afraid I am not in the flight for aerial navigation. I was greatly interested in your work with kites; but I have not the smallest molecule of...

I am afraid I am not in the flight for aerial navigation. I was greatly interested in your work with kites; but I have not the smallest molecule of...