The Boy's Book of New Inventions

by Harry E. Maule

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

THE BOY'S BOOK
OF NEW INVENTIONS

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

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The thanks of the publishers and author are due a great many individuals and publications for aid in securing photographs and data used in the preparation of this volume.

Although space prevents giving the names of all, opportunity is here taken to express to each the heartiest appreciation of their generous help and valuable suggestions.

More than to all of these are my thanks due my wife, Edna O'Dell Maule, for her constant aid and coöperation.