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Originally Posted by aerohydro
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I am, however, plumping for 1904. This is because of the only contemporary accounts I've found about the Bott's Flying Machine date from 1904. One of the accounts appeared in the September 10, 1904 issue of Scientific American. I have not been able to obtain a readable copy of the actual article, so do not know if the text could cast more light on the matter for us.
I am happy to shift the date back to 1903, but would like a contemporary newspaper account, or the like, to substantiate that as being the case.
Cheers,
Paul
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Thanks Paul for all your research and effort in presenting this very interesting Flying Machine of Botts. It is a very little known machine.
I will try to get a readable scan of the SciAM article on the Botts' flying machine. Will be placed here when available.
About the dating of the machine, there are references to periodicals appearing in 1903.
The periodical is the
Aeronautical World, Glenville, Ohio which appeared from 1902 - 1930. Copies are in the Library of Congress (
at least of the copies about Botts).
Cheers and thanks for all the information about Botts
Kees