Lawrence Hargrave
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Lawrence Hargrave, MRAeS, was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.
Lawrence Hargrave, c. 1890
Hargrave (seated) and Swain demonstrate the manlift kites (labelled A, B, D, & E), sling seat and spring balance in the parkland behind Stanwell Park beach, November 1894
Hargrave lifted sixteen feet from the ground by a tandem of his box kites.
The Hargrave box-kite. It was by kites of this variety, flown in tandem, that the inventor, Hargrave, was lifted sixteen feet from the ground on 12 November 1894.
John Hargrave (judge)
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John Fletcher Hargrave was a British-born Australian politician and judge.
Portrait of John Fletcher Hargrave, ca. 1875