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As soon as I have got flying to perfection, I have got a scheme about a steam engine.
"As soon as I have got flying to perfection, I have got a scheme about a steam engine."— Ada Lovelace
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Meaning of this quote
An ambitious childhood project links imagined flight with plans for a steam-powered machine.
Key takeaway:
Turn an imaginative idea into questions about how it could work.
Origin of the quote
Childhood letter to her mother discussing a flying machine.
Who actually said this?
Secondary account quotes the sentence; exact letter date and manuscript location not established.
