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Lost plans for Wright brothers’ ‘Flying Machine’ found after 36 years
- xiphias 11y agohttp://www.google.com/patents/US821393 http://www.google.com/patents/US821393 The OCR made lots of mistakes
- xiphias 11y agohttps://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US821393.pdf https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.goog...
- otterley 11y agoSource article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lost-plans-for-wright-brothers-flying-machine-found-after-36-years/2016/04/02/e526fd56-f6b2-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lost-plans-for-wright-b...
- dang 11y agoThanks! Changed to that from http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/wright-brothers-1903-flying-machine-patent-found/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/wright-brothers-1903-.... Submitters: HN prefers original sources. When there's an obvious original source, please submit that instead. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- inanutshellus 11y agoDidn't know it'd been lost, so learning it was found taught me two things. ^_^
- cthulhujr 11y agoThough they're common to the area, these underground storage facilities are interesting places. They're large enough to drive semi-trucks through. One notable client has tons of old movie memorabilia (scripts, costumes, set pieces, film, etc.). They're also a common place for small data centers and digital archives.