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Aileron (Wikipedia)

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The English-language Wikipedia article on the aileron flight control surface, covering Matthew Piers Watt Boulton's 1864 description and 1868 patent and its adoption on powered aircraft.

Facts
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileron
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Aileron (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 partially Attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Inventions, 9 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 partially Attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

7

Inventions

Partially Attested

1

Inventions

Holds

2

Inventions

Connected

1

Inventions

General References

3

Inventions

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