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    Paul Cornu (French pronunciation: [pɔl kɔʁny]; 15 June 1881 – 6 June 1944) was a French engineer. Paul Cornu, of Romanian origins, was born in Glos la...
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    aircraft when it took to the air on 13 November 1907. Built by bicycle-maker Paul Cornu, it was an open-framework structure built around a curved steel tube that...
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  • Look up cornu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cornu (pl. cornua) is a Latin word for horn. Cornu may also refer to: Cornu (horn), an ancient musical...
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    first national air force in 1910. Two French inventors, Louis Breguet and Paul Cornu, made independent experiments with the first flying helicopters in 1907...
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    [citation needed] That same year, fellow French inventor Paul Cornu designed and built the Cornu helicopter which used two 6.1-metre (20 ft) counter-rotating...
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    estate speculator Paul Cornu (1881–1944), French engineer Paul Cosgrove (born 1934), Canadian former jurist and former politician Paul Costello (1894–1986)...
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    Cornucopia (redirect from Cornu Copiae)
    classical antiquity, the cornucopia (/ˌkɔːrn(j)əˈkoʊpiə, -n(j)uː-/; from Latin cornu 'horn' and copia 'abundance'), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol...
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    mainblades. The swashplate was first tested in 1907 by brothers Jules and Paul Cornu. They obtained a patent for the device (French Patent No. 398,545, June...
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    and the Image of Louis XIV. London: Paul Holberton Publishing. ISBN 1911300059. Montaiglon, Anatole de; Cornu, M. Paul (1875). Table Procès-Verbaux de l'Académie...
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    Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic...
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    months later at Lisenux, France, Paul Cornu made the first free flight in a manned rotary-winged craft in his Cornu helicopter, lifting to 30 centimetres...
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  • an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Paul Cornu, French engineer who, in a machine of his own construction, was the first...
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    Cornus controversa (wedding cake tree), syn. Swida controversa, is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family Cornaceae. It is native to China...
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  • 1907: The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu. 1907: Leo Baekeland invents bakelite, the first plastic made from synthetic...
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    (link). Niven (1997), p. 352. Steichen's prints appeared in an article by Paul Cornu, "L'art de la robe", in Art et Décoration, April 1911, p. 101–118. Edward...
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  • flying helicopters were experimented independently by Louis Breguet and Paul Cornu. Seaplane by Gabriel Voisin in June 1905 (non-autonomous) and by Henri...
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    "St. Thérèse of Lisieux". 1907: The first helicopter flight, piloted by Paul Cornu. 1937: Monseigneur Eugenio Pacelli, papal legate and future Pope Pius...
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    Cornus amomum, the silky dogwood, is a species of dogwood native to the southern Ontario and eastern United States, from Michigan and Vermont south to...
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  • the first works of dystopian fiction. The first helicopter, designed by Paul Cornu, flies for 20 seconds. Leo Baekeland invents Bakelite, the first commercially...
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  • 14 seconds. He covers a distance of 1030 meters (3,379 feet). 13 November – Paul Cornu makes the first piloted vertical take-off in a rotary-wing aircraft at...
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    particularly in a comprehensively compiled form. Between 1911 and 1914, Paul Cornu and Emile Lévy published a reproduction of the series complete with hand-colored...
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    builders. Their engines were used in the Santos-Dumont 14-bis of 1906, Paul Cornu's rudimentary helicopter of 1907, the Voisin biplane that was modified...
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  • Helicopter rotor - parts and function Helicopter history - first flights Paul Cornu Juan de la Cierva Boeing Stratoliner - Accidents and incidents Biografisch...
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  • opposite directions. This was flown experimentally by the French aviator Paul Cornu, who built a prototype with an Antoinett engine. The Brișcu rotary engine...
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  • diplomat Henri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor and aerodynamics pioneer Paul Cornu (1881-1944), engineer designing the world's first successful manned rotary...
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  • Wademant and Michel Boisrond Cinematography : Daniel Gaudry Cameraman : Jean-Paul Cornu Editor : Renée Lichtig Music : Claude Bolling Sound : Bernard Ortion Produce :...
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  • hold, or Cornish style of wrestling, (Michigan), 1879, p1-28. Redgrave, Paul: Cornu-Breton?, Black Belt Magazine, January 1968, p34-36. Dr Whetter, James:...
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  • Paul Rechsteiner on 30 September 1991, concerning the non-publication of the Cornu Report, Defence Minister Kaspar Villiger declared that: The Cornu Report...
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  • including such species as the land snail Cornu aspersum. Cheryl Chase (activist) Anton Krzyzanowski Aleksa Vulović Cornu aspersum Ovotesticular syndrome "eMedicine...
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    Cornus (French pronunciation: [kɔʁnys]; Occitan: Cornús) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The commune lies on the causse du...
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