Solomon Andrews
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 116 years ago |
Date of birth | February 15,1806 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Herkimer |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 9,1908 |
Books | The Aereon, Or Flying-Ship |
Died | United States |
Nationality | American |
Previous position | Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (1849–1855) |
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ID | 996676 |
Solomon Andrews Life story
Solomon Andrews was a doctor, aviator and dirigible airship inventor. Andrews invented an airship called Aereon which received some notice in the 1860s. He claimed to sail it as one would a sailboat. Mention is made of the movement of pilot and passenger fore and aft in the basket to control attitude.