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Eilmer of Malmesbury
Stained glass window showing Eilmer, installed in Malmesbury Abbey in 1920

Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings.

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Eilmer of Malmesbury

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Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known...

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Malmesbury

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was the site of an early attempt at human flight in 1010, when, as noted by historian William of Malmesbury, the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury flew a primitive...

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Malmesbury School

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King of England (Green) Eilmer of Malmesbury, the 12th-century flying monk (Yellow) Thomas Hobbes, the 17th-century Philosopher (Red) William of Malmesbury...

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Abbas ibn Firnas

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by Eilmer of Malmesbury between 1000 and 1010 in England, but there is no evidence supporting this hypothesis. Armen Firman is the Latinized name of Abbas...

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Malmesbury Abbey

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during the early 11th century, the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury attached wings to his body and flew from a tower. Eilmer flew over 200 yards (200 m) before landing...

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Early flying machines

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history. In the twelfth century, William of Malmesbury stated that the 11th-century Benedictine monk Eilmer of Malmesbury attached wings to his hands and feet...

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Ornithopter

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actually achieved. They include the purported flights of the 11th-century Catholic monk Eilmer of Malmesbury (recorded in the 12th century) and the 9th-century...

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Airplane

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11th-century English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury; both experiments injured their pilots. Leonardo da Vinci researched the wing design of birds and designed a...

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History of aviation

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Writing in the 12th century, William of Malmesbury stated that the 11th-century Benedictine monk Eilmer of Malmesbury attached wings to his hands and feet...

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Timeline of aviation before the 18th century

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apparatus from the roof of a mosque in Nishapur, Khorasan, Iran, and falls to his death as a result. c. 1010 Eilmer of Malmesbury builds a wooden glider...

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List of firsts in aviation

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with feathers from the Tower of Cordoba but was injured while landing. In the early 11th century, Eilmer of Malmesbury, an English Benedictine monk,...

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Aeronautics

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity. Episode 1910. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. Transcript. Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh...

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Metronome

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2024-02-08. White, Lynn Townsend (Spring 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A Case Study of Technological Innovation, Its Context and...

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Aviation

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of short-distance human flights appear, such as the winged flights of Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887, recorded in the 17th century), Eilmer of Malmesbury (11th...

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List of aviation pioneers

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Meaning of Lindbergh's Flight". American Quarterly. 10 (1): 3–16. doi:10.2307/2710171. JSTOR 2710171. White, Jr., Lynn (1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh...

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List of aviators

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Lindstrand Alexander Lippisch John H. Livingston Ormer Locklear Eilmer of Malmesbury Paul Mantz Beryl Markham Angela Masson Wop May Esther Mbabazi Frederick...

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Elmer

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newborn boys in Iceland in 2021. Notable people with the name include: Eilmer of Malmesbury (or Elmer), 11th-century English Benedictine monk Elmer (rapper)...

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1010

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anonymously in Old English (approximate date). Eilmer of Malmesbury in England attempts flight in a glider of his own construction. The 217 ft (66 m) tall...

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History of science

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ultimately leading to the Age of Discovery. Technological advances were also made, such as the early flight of Eilmer of Malmesbury (who had studied mathematics...

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Mathematical Magick

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reports of flight attempts: Tis related of a certain English Monk called Elmerus [probably Eilmer of Malmesbury], about the Confessors time, that he did...

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List of people considered father or mother of a field

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The Engines of Our Ingenuity. Episode 1910. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. Transcript. Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh...

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1010s

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anonymously in Old English (approximate date). Eilmer of Malmesbury in England attempts flight in a glider of his own construction. The 217 ft (66 m) tall...

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Malmesbury Town Hall

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collection of artefacts of local interest including items relating to King Æthelstan, who was buried in Malmesbury Abbey, the Benedictine monk, Eilmer of Malmesbury...

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Johannes Nauclerus

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burning of Girolamo Savonarola in Florence (1498). Nauclerus consulted an unusually large number of different sources (such as an account by Eilmer of Malmesbury)...

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Helinand of Froidmont

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a source of the description of the flight of Eilmer of Malmesbury. Helinand wrote a work in Old French called Les Vers de la Mort ("Verses of Death") shortly...

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