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St. Clair Bicycle Made by the Wright Brothers, 1897-1901
Orville Wright1897/1901
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
After their 1901 glider didn't perform as expected, Wilbur and Orville Wright modified a bicycle to test the data used to shape their wings. Riding the bike generated a breeze that simulated the air pressure against a wing in flight. Although this St. Clair bicycle was built by the Wrights, it is not the actual bike used in their experiments.
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- Title: St. Clair Bicycle Made by the Wright Brothers, 1897-1901
- Creator: Wright Cycle Company, Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
- Date Created: 1897/1901
- Location: United States, Ohio, Dayton, United States, California, Los Angeles
- Subject Keywords: Coles, Thomas R., b. 1872, Wright Brothers, Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, Inventors, Bicycles
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Place: Dayton, Ohio
- Patent Date: 1901
- Object Name: Bicycle
- Object ID: 37.724.1
- Inventor: Orville and Wilbur Wright
- Invention: Bicycle
- Image ID: THF17497
- Field: Transportation
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Cole.
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