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Facts and Events
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Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), together known as the Wright brothers, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills. The brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
In 1904–1905, the Wright brothers developed their flying machine to make longer-running and more aerodynamic flights with the Wright Flyer II, followed by the first truly practical fixed-wing aircraft, the Wright Flyer III. The brothers' breakthrough was their creation of a three-axis control system, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds.[1] From the beginning of their aeronautical work, Wilbur and Orville focused on developing a reliable method of pilot control as the key to solving "the flying problem". This approach differed significantly from other experimenters of the time who put more emphasis on developing powerful engines. Using a small home-built wind tunnel, the Wrights also collected more accurate data than any before, enabling them to design more efficient wings and propellers.[1][2] Their first U.S. patent did not claim invention of a flying machine, but rather a system of aerodynamic control that manipulated a flying machine's surfaces.
The brothers gained the mechanical skills essential to their success by working for years in their Dayton, Ohio-based shop with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery. Their work with bicycles, in particular, influenced their belief that an unstable vehicle such as a flying machine could be controlled and balanced with practice.[2] This was a trend, as many other aviation pioneers were also dedicated cyclists and involved in the bicycle business in various ways. From 1900 until their first powered flights in late 1903, the brothers conducted extensive glider tests that also developed their skills as pilots. Their shop mechanic Charles Taylor became an important part of the team, building their first airplane engine in close collaboration with the brothers.
The Wright brothers' status as inventors of the airplane has been subject to counter-claims by various parties. Much controversy persists over the many competing claims of early aviators. Edward Roach, historian for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, argues that they were excellent self-taught engineers who could run a small company, but they did not have the business skills or temperament to dominate the growing aviation industry.
Dayton Daily News, 31 May 1912, page 4, column 1
Usual Methods Employed in Treatment of Wright
Disease Spent Itself on the Patient‘s Nervous System – Inventor Had Been Under a Severe Strain for the Past Year.
Dr. L. Spitler, who entered on attendance in the case of Wilbur Wright in the third week of his fight against the ravages of typhoid fever, which ended after 27 days in the noted aviator’s death at 3:15 o’clock Thursday morning, answered any inquiry as to the method of treatment of the case.
“Since my connection with the case I have reviewed the treatments in my mind and I don’t know of anything that we could have done. We used the usual methods. Typhoid fever is a self-limited disease and we never attempt to abort the disease – there being no known way – but bend all efforts toward guiding the patient ably through by a supporting treatment and keeping down the temperature.
Mr. Wright’s temperature during my attendance upon him ran high – not unusually high, excepting the last three days. The disease spent itself largely upon the nervous system of the patient. It was a case of typhoid with the nervous element predominating, one of the most severe types. We attributed the nervous condition to the fact that he had been under such a severe strain during the past year. However, we still think there would have been a much better chance for his recovery had not kidney complications and chills of Wednesday developed.
“Although I never felt sure of his recovery at any time I did not give up all hope until three days ago. He was of a rugged, wiry type and a man of temperature, regular habits, careful in life, otherwise he could not have lasted as long as he did. He was a fine character, and I have known him since boyhood, a good model for the young man of today to follow. We combated the fever by bathing and supporting his heart action by the use of strychnine, caffine, whiskey and other heart stimulants, and so supported his life through the last two or three days. For, without these stimulants, he could not have lived as long as he did, but we were unable to get his strength to rise above a certain level. “
“We were unable to feed him for the past week except through a medicine dropper. We gave him beef broth, milk and albumen with liquid peptinoids and predigested foods in this manner a few drops at a time. I made my last call on him at 10 o’clock Wednesday evening when his pulse was still perceptible but very feeble, and the stupor had deepened and it was with great difficulty that he swallowed. Respiration was irregular after the chill of the morning and prior to that, was fairly regular. I felt that his strength was failing, his heart was weakening. Mr. Wright recognized his father on Wednesday morning, but I could not find that he recognized any one after the chill at 10 o’clock in the morning, when his temperature was 106. His temperature varied during the day from 104.3 to 105, with the exception of that hour at 10 o’clock.”
For more information on Orville and Wilbur Wright, contact the Dayton Metro Library - history@daytonmetrolibrary.org or see the Wright Brothers' Collection on this website - http://content.daytonmetrolibrary.org/cdm/ link title
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Woodland Cemetery Database.
- Dayton Metro Library, Wright Brothers Collection.
- Wright brothers, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- Wilbur Wright, in Find A Grave.
- State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.).
Name: Wilbur Wright
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 May 1912
Event Place: Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio
Residence Place: Dayton, Ohio
Address: 7 South Hawthrone St.
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Occupation: Manufacture
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1867
Birthplace: Indiana
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Burial Date: 01 Jun 1912
Burial Place:
Cemetery: Woodland
Father's Name: Milton Wright
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Name: Susan K. Carver
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
File Number: fn 29449
GS Film number: 1953419
Digital Folder Number: 004021195
Image Number: 01651
Citing this Record:
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X86Q-2HD : accessed 21 Jul 2014), Wilbur Wright, 30 May 1912; citing Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, reference fn 29449; FHL microfilm 1953419.
- Dayton Daily Journal. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States).
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 1, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 312 : pg. 1, col. 7
Body Of Wilbur Wright To Lie In State Before Church Service, burial private at Woodland Cemetery, lengthy article cont. page 10
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 1, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 312 : pg. 4, col. 1
body will lie in state at First Presbyterian Church June 1, 1912, private interment Woodland Cemetery
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 2, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 313 : pg. 1, col. 1-7
Wilbur Wright Laid To Rest In Woodland, 6 pictures of funeral
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 2, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 313 : pg. 1, col. 1
All Dayton Pays Final Tribute To World Renowned Inventive Genius, cont. p. 7
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 2, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 313 : pg. 4, col. 1
body laid in state at First Presbyterian Church, private funeral, interment Woodland Cemetery
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 2, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 313 : pg. 12, col. 2
YWCA Board Pays Tribute To Aviator
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 2, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 313 : pg. 12, col. 5
ballgame on June 1, tribute to Wilbur Wright, game stopped, taps sounded, Soldiers Home News
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
June 3, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 314 : pg. 4, col. 5-7
Some Pen Tributes To Wilbur Wright (editorial comments)
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily Journal
May 31, 1912
v. 104th Year, iss. 311 : pg. 1, col. 2-7
died May 30, Mind That Made Real The Dream Of Ages, Stilled; Dayton Will Pay Last Honor To Wilbur Wright Saturday, June 1st, lengthy articles and picture, cont. p. 3, 5
- Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States).
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 1
late edition, obituary, continues to page 3, column 4
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 1
treatment of illness
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 6, col. 6
Aeroplane Club
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 1
Death Invades Ten Boys, article
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 2
organization of the Wright Company
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 3
photograph of early workshop
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 3
Mayors proclamation
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 3, col. 1
remembering the homecoming
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 3, col. 1
aerial history timeline
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 3, col. 3
Wilburs first speech
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 3, col. 4
illness
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 4
funeral plans
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 3
sorrow expressed
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 2
late edition, article
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 2
portrait
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 5
His Last Flight, tribute
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 4
portrait
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 1
photograph of workshop
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 6
photograph of Hawthorn Hill
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 1, col. 5
tribute by J. C. Eberhardt
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 2,
images of early operations of flight
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 2, col. 4
medal
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 2, col. 1
Wrights Showed Interest in Flying Early in Childhood, article
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 30, 1912
pg. 4, col. 5
British Aeronautical tribute
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 11, col. 3
mourning in Paris
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 11, col. 3
mourning in London
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 11, col. 3
tribute by President Taft
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 11, col. 3
tribute by Dr. Hale
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 11, col. 1
article on pending lawsuits, plus miscellaneous tributes and articles
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 1, col. 4
tribute by John Patterson, President of National Cash Register
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
May 31, 1912
pg. 1, col. 3
railway traffic suspended for funeral, article, continued on page 11, column 1
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 2, col. 4
Ten Boys Club meeting in memory of Wright
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 2, col. 3
House Resolution
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 2, col. 3
Unitarians honor Wright
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 2, col. 2
remains of deceased aviator at church
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 1, col. 3
resolution by the Dayton Aero Club
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 1, col. 3
stores closed for funeral
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 1, col. 3
sketch authorized by family
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 1, col. 1
thousands follow sad cortege
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 1, col. 2
a gentle man, sketch and portrait
Wilbur Wright
Dayton Daily News
June 1, 1912
pg. 2, col. 1
photograph of friends
- Dayton Metro Library Early Obituaries http://content.daytonmetrolibrary.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/obits.
Many Dayton Daily News and Dayton Daily Journal articles and photographs upon Wilbur Wright's death have been scanned and posted under "Early Obituaries".
- Andrews, Alfred S. The Andrews, Clapp, Stokes, Wright, Van Cleve genealogies. (Cleveland, Ohio : A.S. Andrews, 1970).
- ↑ Dayton Daily News. (Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States)
B1, 6 Feb 2004.
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