Patent GB-1868-1178
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Abridgment:
"An improved apparatus or machine for enabling persons to support, raise, and propel themselves in and through the air; which apparatus, when fitted with suitable mechanism and raised, is also self-supporting and self-propelling."
The novelty in this case consists of an apparatus formed with long T-shaped webs and fins, the webs being pointed at the fore end near to which the propeller fins are fitted.
("Provisional protection refused"—does this mean the patent wasn't granted or that it wasn't granted on an early/provisional basis?)
Tentative inferences: this is a human-powered ornithopter, and the patent was not granted. We'll want to check those propositions.
Sources
- Brewer and Alexander, 1893, Aeronautics
- Neilson, 1910, Aeroplane Patents, p. 71
- Subject-Matter Index for 1868, p. 9
- Abridgment of patent specifications for 1868, p. 256
| Year filed | 1868 |
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| Office | GB |
| Patent number | 1178 |
| Inventors | Charles Green Spencer |
| Inventor country | GB |
| Applicant person | Charles Green Spencer |
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| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Manumotive flying machine |
| English title | Manumotive flying machine |
| Tech fields | frame, human-powered |
| Filing date | April 8, 1868 |
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| Granted? | No |
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| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
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| Family year | 1868 |
| First filing? | Yes |
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