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Book Used by Milton Wright, "On the Genesis of Species," 1871

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Book

Date Made

1871

Creators

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

Written by St. George Jackson Mivart and published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, New York.

Collection Title

Wright Brothers Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

38.792.123

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Orville Wright.

Material

Canvas
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Purple
Gold (Color)

Inscriptions

On spine: THE / GENESIS / OF / SPECIES / MIVART Handwritten inside front cover: Telescope Library / Aug. 1871 [crossed out] Handwritten on first page: No 19. / Telescope Library / Aug. 1871 [crossed out]/ Voted to M. Wright May 1873.
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