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Born August 22, 1834 • Roxbury • Massachusetts
Died February 27, 1906 (aged 71) • Aiken • South Carolina
Inventions bolometer • Langley aerodrome No. 5 • Langley aerodrome No. 6
Subjects Of Study drag • lift • solar activity • weather

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Langley aerodrome No. 5
Langley aerodrome of 1903
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