Octave Chanute Papers 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910)

Niehaus, Earl F.

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Pilcher, Percy

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Baden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth, 1860-1937

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...

Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. (Hermann Wilhelm Ludwig), 1857-1910

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Avery, William A.

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Erie Railroad Company

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Cabot, Samuel, 1850-1906

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Jefferson College (Convent, La.)

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Ader, Clément, 1841-1925

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Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910

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Civil engineer and aviation pioneer. From the description of Octave Chanute papers, 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980023 A native of Paris, Chanute emigrated from France to the U.S. with his parents in 1838. He worked as an engineer, primarily in constructing railroads and railroad bridges, but is best remembered as a pioneer in aerial navigation and glider flight, and wrote two influential books on flight. From the description of P...

Moy, Thomas

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Niehaus, Earl F. Earl F. Niehaus thesis. 1955.

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Lilienthal, Otto, 1848-1896

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Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916

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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916), engineer and inventor, was born at Brockway's Mills, near Sangerville, Maine, on 5 February 1840. He became chief engineer to the United States Electric Lighting Company in 1878, and emigrated to England around 1882, opening a workshop in London two years later. He became a naturalised citizen in 1900, and was knighted in 1901. Maxim was the inventor of the Maxim gun, a rapid-firing weapon with a totally automatic action, which was adopted by the British Army...

Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1916

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Aeronautical pioneer. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1847-1914. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225851470 Aeronautical engineer and astronomer. After participating in several explorations into New Guinea, Hargrave worked as an assistant astronomical observer at the Sydney Observatory, Australia 1878-1883. He then devoted his time to research in aeronautics and human flight. From the description of Papers, 1910-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Montgomery, John J. (John Joseph), 1858-1911

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Inventor and physics professor from Monterey, Calif. From the description of John J. Montgomery papers, 1885-1947 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24773996 John Joseph Montgomery (1858-1911) was an inventor and physics professor interested in aeronautics from Monterey, Calif. Montgomery was the son of Zach Montgomery of Fruitland farm, near San Diego, Calif. His early aeronautical experiments were in San Diego County; later he taught at Santa Clara College and ...

Kress, Wilhelm, 1836-1913

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Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906

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Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professory of astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh). While at the Smithsonian he founded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory....

Pilcher, Percy

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Herring, Augustus Moore, 1867-1926

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Inventor in aeronautics and business associate of Glenn Curtiss in Herring-Curtiss Company. From the description of Augustus Moore Herring papers, 1896-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980953 ...

Huffaker, Edward C.

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Spratt, G. A. (George Alexander), 1880-1934

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Zahm, Albert Francis, 1862-

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Albert Francis Zahm (1862-1954). Aviation pioneer, professor of mathematics and mechanics. From the description of Papers, 1880s-1950s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80932053 Aviation pioneer, professor of mathematics and mechanics, University of Notre Dame, 1885-1892, and chief of the Aeronautical Division of the Library of Congress, 1929-1946. From the description of Papers, 1889-1953. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23712665 ...

Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, 1834-1897

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French inventor and aeronautical pioneer who lived primarily in Algeria and Egypt. From the description of Louis-Pierre Mouillard papers, 1833-1987 (bulk 1870-1916). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979768 ...