1 page, 4to, on Wright Brothers letterhead, some marginal staining from old tape repairs. Responding as an aeronautical specialist contributing to the dictionary. 

 

The editors of Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary asked the Wright brothers to act as consultants regarding aeronautical definitions. Orville was designated department editor for "Aviation and Aeronautics" and he and Wilbur revised many outdated definitions. The Wright brothers comment on the definitions for "Ballon-sonde" (which "is but the French of the English equivalent sounding balloon, which is good English"), "ballon desai" ("we are not familiar with the expression"), and the use of the word "beat" (used only for "flapping wing machines").