W.F. Quinby [possibly W.P. Quimby] - flying machine Patented Oct. 5, 1869. – Vintage Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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W.F. Quinby [possibly W.P. Quimby] - flying machine Patented Oct. 5, 1869.
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Rather than a photograph of a machine, this glass negative preserves a copy of a patent drawing for a flying machine credited to W.F. Quinby, though the record also suggests W.P. Quimby. The patent, number 95,513, was granted on October 5, 1869, during a period when many inventors tried to build craft with flapping wings like a bird's, a type called an ornithopter. The negative itself was made between 1880 and 1900 and belongs to the Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Bell family photographs, which reflects the family's wide interest in flight.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass. |
| Genre | Design drawings 1860-1870.Glass negatives 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Pat. no. 95,513. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ornithopters--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,269 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204687 |
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