With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds.
-- Orville Wright
   
Orville Wright   Name:
Orville Wright
Type:
Inventor
Nationality:
American
Birth:
August 19, 1871
Death:
1948
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