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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Aerial Age Weekly
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Mechanical Engineering
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Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1630
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Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1630
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Bulletin No. 1[-3]
Author: Naval Consulting Board of the United States
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Annual Report
Author: New York (State). State Reformatory, Elmira
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Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Annual Report
Author: New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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Aircraft Year Book
Author: Fay Leone Faurote
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Taking Flight
Author: Richard P. Hallion
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190289597
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190289597
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Aviation
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN: 1625131720
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2900
Book Description
Entertaining and informative, the newly updated Britannica Student Encyclopedia helps children gain a better understanding of their world. Updated for 2015, more than 2,250 captivating articles cover everything from Barack Obama to video games. Children are sure to immerse themselves in 2,700 photos, charts, and tables that help explain concepts and subjects, as well as 1,200 maps and flags from across the globe. Britannica Student is curriculum correlated and a recent winner of the 2008 Teachers Choice Award and 2010 AEP Distinguished achievement award.
Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN: 1625131720
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2900
Book Description
Entertaining and informative, the newly updated Britannica Student Encyclopedia helps children gain a better understanding of their world. Updated for 2015, more than 2,250 captivating articles cover everything from Barack Obama to video games. Children are sure to immerse themselves in 2,700 photos, charts, and tables that help explain concepts and subjects, as well as 1,200 maps and flags from across the globe. Britannica Student is curriculum correlated and a recent winner of the 2008 Teachers Choice Award and 2010 AEP Distinguished achievement award.