(Designed by Morgan)
This medal was awarded Orville and Wilbur Wright by resolution of Congress, March 4, 1909. Bronze replica in possession of the writer.
Photographed May 31, 1916, by permission of the Director of the Mint, Philadelphia
Fig. 2. Ascent of Sounding-Balloons at Avalon
Photographed July 27, 1913
This set was liberated from the base of the U. S. Weather Bureau, Avalon, Catalina Island, California, at 4.57 P.M., July 27, 1913, and rose to a height of 23,870 meters in one hour and three quarters when one of the balloons burst and the descent began. This was observed by Carpenter at the theodolite.
Fig. 3. Metrograph Which Made the Ascent of July 27, 1913
Photographed August, 1913