Patents
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Vincent G. Apple Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-405
Abstract
The Vincent G. Apple Papers is a collection of work and administrative records for Vincent G. Apple, a Dayton inventor. The collection contains numerous patents, patent applications, engineering drawings, journals, legal agreements and correspondence, business records and correspondence, and the Ford Trial records.
Dates:
1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1898-1940
Found in:
Special Collections
Levitt Luzern Custer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-302
Abstract
Levitt Luzern Custer was a Dayton-area aviator and inventor, and an associate of Orville Wright. During his lifetime he engaged in pioneering balloon experiments, served as an official timer for flight trials, collaborated with Orville Wright on various projects, and invented a wide range of mechanical machines from the statoscope to amusement park rides. The collection documents many of Custer's achievements as well as those of other early aviators, such as the Wright Brothers. Information...
Dates:
1886-2001; Majority of material found within 1908-1950
Found in:
Special Collections
Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Patent Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-357
Abstract
The Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Patent Collection was developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Company to provide a single source of information concerning aviation-related patents in the United States. The collection spans a period beginning with the initial experiments with balloons in 1844 to the aviation technologies developed through1988. The collection is organized according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 244 Class of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The patents are filed in...
Dates:
1844-1988
Found in:
Special Collections
John J. Rose Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-178
Abstract
Rose was a self-educated engineer and inventor who worked primarily on aviation engine developments leading to a total of 17 patents of his own invention. During his career with the Air Force, he was associated with aviation propulsion systems at McCook Field's Experimental Test Center from 1917 until his retirement in 1962. His papers cover both personal and technical subjects, however, the bulk of the collection is devoted to work-related materials including blueprints, patents, working...
Dates:
1914-1983
Found in:
Special Collections
Wright Brothers Collection (MS-1)
Collection
Identifier: MS-1
Abstract
A supplement to the main body of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s papers located in the Library of Congress, this collection consists of family papers, financial records, school mementos, Wright family genealogical materials, the church papers and diaries of the Wrights’ father, Bishop Milton Wright, notebooks, albums, awards and citations, photocopies of correspondence between Wilbur Wright and Octave Chanute, and the Wrights’ technical library that includes journals, books, and pamphlets...
Dates:
1779-1985; Majority of material found within 1853-1948
Found in:
Special Collections
