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Matthew Bacon Sellers II (March 29, 1869 – April 5, 1932) was a United States inventor and scientist known for his work in the field of aviation.
He was born on March 29, 1869, in
Biography
He was born on March 29, 1869, in Baltimore, Maryland
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to Matthew Bacon Sellers I.
In 1915 he joined the Naval Consulting Board
The Naval Consulting Board, also known as the Naval Advisory Board (a name used in the 1880s for two previous committees),
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He died on April 5, 1932 in Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York.
Sellers quadruplane
Sellers was interested in low-powered flight. He constructed a staggeredquadruplane In aviation, a multiplane is a fixed-wing aircraft-configuration featuring multiple wing planes. The wing planes may be stacked one above another, or one behind another, or both in combination.
Types having a small number of planes have specific nam ...
capable of flight on only 5 hp. He flew it at least from 1909 to 1912 and published his researches.Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913, facsimile Reprint, David & Charles, 1969.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sellers, Matthew Bacon Aviation inventors 1869 births 1932 deaths Naval Consulting Board