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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:person
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
1773-12-27
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Scarborough,_Yorkshire,_England
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Digby_Cayley
gptkb:Emily_Cayley gptkb:Frances_Cayley gptkb:Frederick_Cayley gptkb:Mary_Cayley gptkb:Sarah_Cayley gptkb:Arthur_Cayley gptkb:George_John_Cayley |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
1857-12-15
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Brompton,_Yorkshire,_England
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| gptkbp:designedBy |
convertible glider
first modern heavier-than-air aircraft |
| gptkbp:education |
private education
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:inventor
aeronautics engineering |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
George Cayley
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Otto_Lilienthal
gptkb:Wright_brothers |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
fixed-wing aircraft
pioneering aeronautics concept of lift, drag, and thrust first successful glider |
| gptkbp:memberOf |
gptkb:Royal_Society
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
|
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor aviation pioneer |
| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:helicopter
piston engine automatic weighing machine caterpillar tractor seat belt self-righting lifeboat tension-spoke wheel hot air engine air screw (propeller) artificial hand automatic railway signal biplane design cambered wing dihedral angle improved air pump improved barometer improved bellows improved bridge design improved carriage improved churn improved clock improved crane improved fire engine improved fire escape improved gunpowder improved harrow improved hay rake improved hoist improved hydraulic press improved jack improved ladder improved lamp burner improved lock improved mangle improved plough improved printing press improved pulley improved pump improved reaping machine improved road surface improved screw press improved seed drill improved steam engine improved stove improved threshing machine improved ventilator improved washing machine improved water wheel improved winch improved windmill improved winnowing machine improved wringer pneumatic tyres separation of lift and propulsion in aircraft tail for stability universal railway coupler wheel undercarriage |
| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:On_Aerial_Navigation
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Sarah_Walker
|
| gptkbp:title |
Sir
6th Baronet |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:A_New_System_of_Artificial_Flight
gptkb:Royal_Polytechnic_Institution gptkb:George_John_Cayley gptkb:On_Aerial_Navigation gptkb:Theory_of_Flight |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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