History of Fort Herkimer, (Herkimer County) New York United States of America

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Carl Edgar Myers Biography

Carl Edgar Myers, a?ronautical engineer, was born at Fort Herkimer, N.Y., March 2, 1842, son of Abram H. and Eliza Ann (Cristman) Myers; and grandson of Michael Frederick and Margaret Myers and of Jacob and Mary Elizabeth (Small) Cristman. After attending the common schools he was employed as carpenter, mechanician, plumber, electrician and chemist, to 1864; banker, 1861-67; photographer, 1864-80; printer, 1876-86, and devoted his attention chiefly to a?ronautical engineering after 1878. He became known as the inventor of new or improved systems for generating gases, and as the constructor of hydrogen balloons and airships, including the a?rial velocipede, gas kite, sky-cycle and electrical a?rial torpedo. He married, Nov. 8, 1871, Mary Breed Hawley, the air current navigator "Carlotta." He wrote A?rial Adventures of Carlotta (1883) and many contributions to periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor