| 词条 | Caleb Bragg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name =Caleb Smith Bragg | image =CalebBragg1912.jpg | caption =Bragg at the 1912 Indianapolis 500 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|11|23}} | birth_place= Cincinnati, Ohio | death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|10|24|1885|11|23}} | death_place =Memorial Hospital Manhattan, New York City | resting_place = | other_names = | known_for = co-inventor of Bragg-Kliesrath brake | occupation = racecar driver }}Caleb Smith Bragg (23 November 1885 – 24 October 1943) was an American racecar driver, speedboat racer, aviation pioneer, and automotive inventor.[1] He participated in the 1911, 1913 and 1914 Indianapolis 500. In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925.[1] He was a co-inventor of the Bragg-Kliesrath brake.[1] Early lifeBragg was born on November 23, 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Cais C. Bragg and Eugenia Hofer who were wealthy.[2] EducationWhile at Yale University he became interested in automobile racing.[2] Bragg graduated from Yale in 1908 and took a post-graduate engineering course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1909.[1] CareerDuring World War I he became interested in flying airplanes and in 1916 he flew his first solo flight; he later set airplane records for speed and altitude.[2] Bragg developed a braking system with Victor William Kliesrath called the Bragg-Kliesrath brake. They formed a company in 1920 and Ethel Merman was his personal secretary before she became famous.[2] They sold the company to Bendix Corporation in the late 1920s.[3] In speedboat racing, Caleb won three consecutive APBA Challenge Cup races in Detroit from 1923-1925, in 1923 with Packard Chriscraft and the 1924-1925 races with Baby Bootlegger, the 29-foot mahogany wooden speedboat designed for him in 1924 by George Crouch and built by Henry Nevins. Personal lifeBragg died on 24 October 1943 in New York City, New York.[4] Indy 500 results
GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebragg.htm |title=Caleb Smith Bragg |accessdate=2011-04-23 |quote= |publisher=Early Aviators }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bragg, Caleb}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Kellow|first=Brian|title=Ethel Merman : a life|year=2008|publisher=Penguin Books|location=New York|isbn=9780143114208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJK5VL5dr8IC&pg=PT24 }} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Schoneberger|first=L.A. "Pat" Hyland ; edited by W.A.|title=Call me Pat : the autobiography of the man Howard Hughes chose to lead Hughes Aircraft|year=1993|publisher=Donning Co./Publishers|location=Virginia Beach, VA|isbn=9780898658736|pages=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5aznAAAAMAAJ&q=Bragg-Kliesrath+brake&dq=Bragg-Kliesrath+brake&source=bl&ots=pOKYM8UKVh&sig=SNpoamLjrQQwG-UMgfk3o5IPRgI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=szCHUNfTOKTtygGC2IHgBQ&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBg}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Caleb Smith Bragg, Dies. Flier, Auto Racer, Pioneer in Automotive Field. Also Noted as an Inventor and Speedboat Pilot |url=http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebragg.htm |quote=Caleb S. Bragg, long a leading figure in the aviation, automobile and motorboat fields, died here on Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness at the age of 56. An engineer and the inventor or co-inventor of many automobile devices, including the widely used Bragg-Kliesrath brake perfected by him and the late Victor W. Kliesrath. Mr. Bragg won fame as a pioneer automobile racing driver, and Army test pilot during the first World War, a champion altitude flier, aviation manufacturing company officer, consulting engineer and amateur sportsman. He resided at 277 Park Avenue and at Montauk Point, L.I. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 25, 1943 |accessdate=2011-04-23 }} 14 : 1885 births|1943 deaths|American motorboat racers|20th-century American racing drivers|APBA Challenge Cup|Indianapolis 500 drivers|Indianapolis 500 polesitters|H1 Unlimited|Members of the Early Birds of Aviation|Racing drivers from Ohio|Sportspeople from Cincinnati|Yale University alumni|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|American aviation record holders |
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