Book Used by Milton Wright, "Novum Testamentum," 1866

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Artifact Overview

Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. Wright was a Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, so it's not surprising that religious studies, hymnals, and rhetoric guides were among his volumes. 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

1866

Creator Notes

Translated into Latin by Theodore de Beze and published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, New York.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

38.792.138

Credit

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

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Blue

Inscriptions

written on first page: Milton Wright's Book.
Book Used by Milton Wright, "Novum Testamentum," 1866