On this day in 1886 Moses S. Cole was granted the patent for AERIAL VESSEL. U.S. Patent No. 352,298.
The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved aerial vessel which can be raised, lowered, steered, and propelled in any direction at the will of the pilot.
The invention consists of an aerial vessel of novel construction, and of wheels for raising, lowering, steering, and propelling the same, operated from suitable machinery placed in side of the aerial vessel.
The invention also consists of various parts and details and combinations of the same.
