Orville
['ɔ:vil]
Examples
- At that time Wilbur was eleven and Orville seven years old. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Orville Wright made a flight with a passenger on board, and a little later Wilbur flew eight miles, at a rate of forty-five miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Anything, indeed, less like Lord Orville cannot be imagined. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The wind tended to carry the aeroplane to the east, but Orville Wright was able to hold it on a fairly even course, and to reach the balloon at Shuter’s Hill that marked the turning point. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the problem of balancing was not yet solved, and here Wilbur and Orville Wright entered upon the scene. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Orville Wright adjusted the spark, and took his seat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In spite of the fact that the wind conditions were not exactly as he wished Orville Wright decided to make the flight for speed on that day. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- President Taft crossed the field and shook Orville Wright’s hand. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Augustus Post, secretary of the Aero Club of America, has graphically described in _The World’s Work_ for October, 1909, his impression of Orville Wright’s flying in 1908. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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