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Definition of Glenn Hammond Curtiss
1. Noun. United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930).
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Literary usage of Glenn Hammond Curtiss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born at Hammondsport, May 21, 1878. His father died
when he was about four years old. The first enterprising thing that he ..."
2. The Triumph of the N. C.'s by George Conrad Westervelt, Holden Chester Richardson, Albert Cushing Read (1920)
"Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born in Hammonds- port, New York, on the 21st of May,
1878. With worldly possessions his parents were not well supplied. ..."
3. The Triumph of the N. C.'s by George Conrad Westervelt, Holden Chester Richardson, Albert Cushing Read (1920)
"Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born in Hammonds - port, New York, on the 21st of May,
1878. With worldly possessions his parents were not well supplied. ..."
4. The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest by Holland Thompson (1921)
"The seaplane is the chief contribution of Glenn Hammond Curtiss to aviation, and
the Navy Cur- tiss Number Four, which made the first transatlantic flight ..."
5. How it Flies; Or, The Conquest of the Air: Or, The Conquest of the Air; the by Richard Ferris (1910)
"... entirely distinct from the warping or other manipulation of horizontal surfaces
for the purpose of restoring lateral balance. Glenn Hammond Curtiss. ..."
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