guidable

But if these machines, moving in a medium heavier than themselves, maneuvering under the propulsion of a screw, working at an angle to the direction of the wind, and even against the wind, to return to their point of departure, had been really "guidable," they had only succeeded under very favorable conditions.

Robur the Conqueror Jules Verne 1866

Only Obamaians would think that this story had merit, they think all young people are ignorant and guidable enough to vote for Obama.

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Mr. Churchill, independent of his wife, was feared by nobody; an easy, guidable man, to be persuaded into any thing by his nephew.

Emma 2004

Could it be this Robur whose theories had been so brutally thrown in the face of the Weldon Institute the day he led the attack against the utopia of guidable balloons?

Robur the Conqueror 2003

It remained, then, even after the striking experiments of Captains Krebs and Renard, that though guidable aerostats had gained a little speed, they could not be kept going in a moderate breeze.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

In this there was much to encourage those who believed in the utilization of guidable balloons.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

But if these machines, moving in a medium heavier than themselves, maneuvering under the propulsion of a screw, working at an angle to the direction of the wind, and even against the wind, to return to their point of departure, had been really “guidable,” they had only succeeded under very favorable conditions.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

In 1853 came Béléguic and his aeroplane with the traction screws, Vaussin-Chardannes with his guidable kite, and

Robur the Conqueror 2003

The many experiments made during this last quarter of the nineteenth century have given considerable impetus to the question of guidable balloons.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

Mr. Churchill, independent of his wife, was feared by nobody; an easy, guidable man, to be persuaded into any thing by his nephew.

Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001