Pilot in the flying-machine frame and armed reeds for the wings
A man seated inside the propulsion device, with studies of the main wing-ribs made of reeds bent by wedges
A faint drawing at the upper right shows a man seated inside the pyramidal frame of the flying machine, working its propulsion device amid a lattice of struts and wings. To the left and below are studies of the wing structure: the manner of the main ribs, or 'masters,' of the wings, and how the armed reeds should be made and bent by force of wedges. Further faint sketches repeat the armed-reed construction.
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Pilot seated within the flying-machine frame
At the upper right a man sits inside the pyramidal frame of the flying machine, set within the propulsion device. Struts and wing-spars radiate around him. The block is titled but carries no accompanying description.
Armed reeds forming the wing ribs
Studies show the manner of the main ribs, or 'masters,' of the wings. The armed reeds are to be made and bent by the force of wedges, with a further analogous figure of armed reeds.