United States airship patents collection

Object Details

Notes: Title devised by cataloger. DSI; A mechanically-reproduced typescript index is bound in at the front of each volume.; The collector of the patents appears to have been Raphael Jacob Moses, who has inscribed the endpapers: "To Aero Club from Raphael J. Moses, Dec. 14, 1908." DSI; A few of the patents include the diagrams only (i.e., the specifications or text portions have been omitted).; NASMRB copy has bookplates: 1. Aero Club of America ex libris [designed by Franklin Booth]; 2. "Loaned to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences by the National Aeronautic Association"; embossed stamp: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. Accession nos.: 9858-9861. DSI
Contents: v.1. 1844-1883 -- v. 2. 1884-1892 -- v. 3. 1892-1902 -- v. 4. 1902-1907

collector: Moses, Raphael J (Raphael Jacob) 1844-1909 DSI
bookplate designer: Booth, Franklin 1874-1948 DSI
Author: United States Patent Office
former owner: Aero Club of America DSI; National Aeronautic Association (U.S.) DSI; Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI