Alanson Wood
Alanson Wood was an inventor from Toledo. He was a career carpenter and known for earlier work on roller coasters.
He described an airship design based on the principle of wheel and axle for propulsion.[1]
He proposed to use engines designed by Jackson De Neal of Toledo.
Alanson Wood, inventor of the switchback and numerous ingenious contrivances, started work on his airship "Toledo" to-day. An immense enclosure has been erected in a vacant lot near the center of the city and the various sections of the airship, which have been nearly completed, are being put together inside the enclosure. The Wood invention is a radical departure from any other form of airship. According to the inventor's statement the vessel will be propelled by two sets of aeroplane wheels driven by an engine which will [run] the wheels at the rate of 200 revolutions a minute with a lifting capacity of 8,000 pounds. The engines are the invention of another Toledo man, Jackson De Neal.
Wood intended to compete at the St. Louis World's Fair.[2]
Publications by or about Alanson Wood
- Publication 481, 1902, Alanson Wood's airship (Simple title: Alanson Wood's airship, Journal: Aer. World)
References
- ↑ Publication 481, 1902, Alanson Wood's airship.
- ↑ "Aerial Navigation", Auckland Star, Vol. 33, Issue 131, 4 June 1902, p. 6.
Links
- "Stories About the Invention of the Roller Coaster", Victor Canfield, 2012
- "Alanson Wood: Toledo's Forgotten Inventor", Timothy Messer-Kruse, Toledo's Attic
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| Countries | US |
| Locations | Toledo, Ohio |
| Occupations | carpenter |
| Tech areas | LTA, Propulsion |
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