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Show WRIGHT WITNESS IN FRENCH PATENT TRIAL Mufrli tB.WMmr Wtmtil witni-iw vrntrnlHT before (he civ il tribunal nt thn K-in, whirh i h"r ing the unit brought bv th Krerwh am of Ihc Wrighl brnthi-rn' m-rn plane ilont Kint Kurniau, Hlrnnt and othrra fur iuf rinseinenla. Tli American haT been uperiallv immnnetl tn relate thn hiatory nf tiie inventinna brought out by hia brother Orvill and himaelf with a partii-ular reforenee to the warping wing principle, princi-ple, which it ia rlajniorl haa been ille gallv aHonted by French constructor. Mr. Wright traced the efforta of tha brother firat with kitea and thea with plane until finally they invented the mobile vertical tail and fnrward nidder, "after which," aaid Mr. Wright, "the problem of equilibrium waa aolved and epoch of human flight arrived." The principle, the wit new mid, ret patented In IPna and were not divulged, ar the defenae contend, lie-fore lie-fore the patent were granted. The raa waa adjourned until March 30, when argument will be begun. |