Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
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Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
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Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, also published under the pseudonym M. P. W. Bolton, was a British classicist, elected member of the UK's Metaphysical Society, an amateur scientist and an inventor, best known for his invention of the aileron, a primary aeronautical flight control device. He patented the aileron in 1868, some 36 years before it was first employed in manned flight by Robert Esnault-Pelterie in 1904. Boulton was the son of Matthew Robinson Boulton, and as well the grandson of Matthew Bo
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British classicist (1820–1894)
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2013-04-25T05:03:38Z
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2024-08-29T08:48:49Z
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