Success. Four flights Thursday morning. All against twenty-one mile wind. Started from level with engine power alone. Average speed through air thirty-one miles. Longest 57 seconds. Inform press. Home Christmas.

Orville Wright

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Topic

Flying Moments of discovery

Author

Orville Wright

Medium

Telegram

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Inventor Aviator

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wright, Orville. Telegram to Reverend Milton Wright. 17 Dec. 1903.

Current Citation

Wright, Orville. Quoted in To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers, written by Wendie C. Old. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002.

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Topic
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Author

Kenneth Grahame
Source
The Wind in the Willows
Medium
Novel
Genre
Children's literature
Language
English
Time
1908 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1908, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Barnes & Noble, 2013, ch. 5.