The Boy's Book of New Inventions
WILBUR WRIGHT
Who with his younger brother, Orville Wright, invented the first practical aeroplane. Wilbur Wright's death of typhoid fever in the summer of 1912 was an irreparable loss to aviation
BY HARRY E. MAULE
MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1912
Copyright, 1912, by Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
To My Mother In Appreciation of Her Broad Interest In All the Activities of the World
Harry E. Maule
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
WRIGHT BIPLANE
CURTISS BIPLANE
VOISIN BIPLANE
FARMAN BIPLANE
MAURICE FARMAN BIPLANE
BREGUET BIPLANE
BLÉRIOT MONOPLANE
ANTOINETTE MONOPLANE
NIEUPORT MONOPLANE
MODEL AEROPLANES
THERMIT HEAT PROCESS
AUTOGENOUS WELDING AND CUTTING
THE NEWEST ELECTRIC LIGHTS
THE PULMOTOR
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