William Abner Eddy
American accountant and journalist (1850-1909) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 59
William Abner Eddy was an American accountant and journalist famous for his photographic and meteorological experiments with kites. The scientific significance of Eddy's improvements to kite-flying was short-lived, due to the advent of Lawrence Hargrave's rectangular box kites.
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Nevertheless, in the year following Eddy's death, a train of ten Eddy kites reaching an altitude of 23,385 feet (7,128 m) set a height record for several years.
Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1850 to 1909 · aged 59
