the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Lilienthal, Otto
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or German mechanical engineer and experimenter in aerial navigation; born May 23, 1848, at Anklam; died Aug. 9, 1896, at Rhinow. Lilienthal's theory was that artificial flight must follow the principles of bird-flight. His experiments, which were made with the assistance of his brother G. Lilienthal, extended over a period of twenty-five years; in the summer of 1891 he made, with a pair of curved wings designed for soaring, the first practical demonstration of man's ability to fly. He made the flight successfully several times, but finally met death during an experiment at Rhinow.
Lilienthal was a member of the German Society for the Advancement of Aerial Navigation. He was the author of "Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst" (Berlin, 1889), in which he explained the theoretical reasons for the form of his aerial machine; and "Die Flugapparate."
- Chanute, Progress in Flying Machines, pp. 202-211, New York, 1899;
- Kohut, Berühmte Israelitische Männer und Frauen, No. 15, pp. 246-247;
- Vallentine and Tomlinson, Travels in Space, pp. 252 et seq., London, 1902;
- Report of the Smithsonian Institution, pp. 189-199, Washington, 1893.
These files are public domain.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Lilienthal, Otto'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/l/lilienthal-otto.html. 1901.
