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THE death at Säo Paulo, Brazil, on July 23, of M. Alberto Santos-Dumont, at the age of fifty-nine years, removes another of the few remaining pioneers through whose efforts mechanical flight was achieved. Santos-Dumont was the first in Europe to make a public flight in a heavier-than-air machine, while his numerous experiments with dirigible balloons stimulated the progress of airship construction. His enthusiasm and intrepidity led him into many adventures, and his flights with small airships in the neighbourhood of Paris some thirty years ago made his name famous throughout the world.
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M. Santos-Dumont. Nature 130, 194 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130194a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130194a0