Carl Edgar Myers (1842–1925)[1] was an American aeronautical engineer. He was born at March 2, 1842 at Herkimer, New York, to Abram H. and Eliza Ann (Cristman) Myers. At various times in his life, he was employed as carpenter, mechanician, plumber, electrician and chemist, banker, and photographer. After 1978, he focused on aeronautical engineering. He became known as the inventor of new or improved systems for generating gases, and as the constructor of hydrogen balloons and airships, including the aerial velocipede, gas kite, sky-cycle and electrical aerial torpedo. He married Mary Breed Hawley on November 8, 1871.[2]
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Myers, after spending two years hiring professional balloonists to test his designs, Myers went up in a balloon himself.[1]
He and his wife had one child, a daughter born in 1881 called Elizabeth Aerial Myers.[1]
With the assistance of his wife, Mary, Myers built two sky-cycles.[3]
He wrote articles for many publications, including his self-published Balloon Bulletin. His last article was published by Scientific American in 1913.[1]
Publications
editMyers, Carl E. (1913). "Half a Lifetime with the Hydrogen Balloon". Scientific American.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Carl Myers Balloon Farm Collection | Collection: NASM.1991.0075". sova.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). "M Myers". The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans. Vol. 8. Boston, Massachusetts: The Biographical Society.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Myers Built It; The Nashville Airship Was Built By Him". Syracuse Sunday Herald. 1897-05-23. p. 24. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
