Book Used by the Wright Family, "Half-Hours with the Best Authors," Volume I, circa 1848
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Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
Artifact
Book
Date Made
circa 1848
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Creator Notes
Edited by Charles Knight and published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
38.792.78
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Orville Wright.
Material
Canvas
Paper (Fiber product)
Leather
Color
Red
White (Color)
Blue
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