Writing a double-negative like that forces me to do a double-take when trying to understand you. Or is it a triple-negative? I'm going to go with, "there were

Writing a double-negative like that forces me to do a double-take when trying to understand you. Or is it a triple-negative? I'm going to go with, "there were so many inventors, its invention was inevitable" as my interpretation, which I believe is the most correct rendition of the story of flight as I know it.