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"History is bunk. What difference does it make how many times the ancient Greeks flew their kites?" Henry ford. I know little of Greek history, what is he refe

• shakna 10y ago
  Maybe Archytas of Tarentum? A mathematician (~425BC) who experimented with kites and other lightweight designs for flight. One particularly interesting story suggests he made a wooden dove powered by... Well, we'd suggest it might be compressed air or something of the like. I'd guess Ford is saying the experiments don't matter, because they didn't take the experiment and make it useful, like those kites made by Mozi and Lu Ban, which were used as early warning systems and similar tasks.