Wright

Examples

• Wright's corps pushed to Hanover Court House. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Wright, received the message. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He got up hastily, and saying, By the way, I must speak to Wright about the horses, shuffled quickly out of the room. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• General Wright's corps had been designated to make this assault, which I intended to order as soon as information reached me of Sheridan's success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Before the arrival of Wright the enemy had made two assaults on Sheridan, both of which were repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I then issued orders for an assault by Wright and Parke at four o'clock on the morning of the 2d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was a slight attack on Burnside's and Wright's corps as they moved out of their lines; but it was easily repulsed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Warren was ordered to attack him vigorously in flank, while Wright was directed to move out and get on his front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• His corps was now joined with Warren's and Wright's in this last assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On one such occasion, when Wilbur Wright found the weather conditions unsatisfactory, he declined to fly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wilbur Wright led in a cheer to those circling above. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wright thought he could gain the lines of the enemy, but it would require the cooperation of Hancock's and Smith's corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The weights were raised, and Mr. Wright took his place. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. 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.
• The Wrights, still quiet and unassuming, suddenly jumped into fame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The only American machines besides the Wrights’ biplanes which have made a name for themselves are the Curtiss biplanes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At first France looked with incredulity and suspicion on the Wrights’ claims. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Here it should be said that the Wrights are as excellent business men as they are inventors, and intend to receive due compensation for their years of work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights doubted whether this was the best form for shifting weather, and built theirs more on the pattern of the gull’s wings, curving slightly at the tips. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights adopted this type, believing that it was the strongest form, and could be made more compact and be more easily managed than the single plane, or the many-winged type. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights carried Europe by storm, being received there with even greater acclamations than in America. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights wanted to do everything for themselves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights had now solved the real problem of aviation, equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights submitted a bid, proposing to deliver a machine that would meet the specifications for $25,000. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights’ home was in Dayton, Ohio, and there they had spent their boyhood, in no way distinguished from their neighbors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights still tried to preserve as much secrecy as possible, and the newspaper men to furnish as much publicity. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Wrights realized in 1900 that the only problem to be solved was that of equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A great aviation week was held at Rheims, and almost all the world’s famous aviators, except the Wrights, were there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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