Samuel Pierpont Langley's Work in Aeronautics
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PrintOliver's thesis analyzes the aeronautical research and experimentation of Samuel Pierpont Langley, third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1887 to 1906. An astronomer/astrophysicist, Langley also attempted to develop the first flying machine, an "aerodrome," but it failed during tests, and he was eclipsed by the Wright Brothers in 1903.
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1952
M. A. Thesis