Author: Peter L. Jakab
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1560987480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century. Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.
Visions of a Flying Machine
Author: Peter L. Jakab
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1560987480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century. Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1560987480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century. Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.
Visions of a Flying Machine
Author: Peter L. Jakab
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Languages : en
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VISIONS FLYING MACHINE
Author: Peter L. Jakab
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Explains how the Wright Brothers identified and resolved each technical obstacle to the construction of a flying machine and why they succeeded where so many had failed.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Explains how the Wright Brothers identified and resolved each technical obstacle to the construction of a flying machine and why they succeeded where so many had failed.
The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age
Author: Tom D. Crouch
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Presents a biography of the Wright brothers, focusing on their systematic research of flight mechanics which proved the key to their success.
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Presents a biography of the Wright brothers, focusing on their systematic research of flight mechanics which proved the key to their success.
The Flying Machine
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583424520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583424520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Wonderful Flying Machines
Author: Barrett Thomas Beard
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This book clearly demonstrates the problems encountered by the personalities involved and their strengths in developing the helicopter for Coast Guard use. It shows how Erickson and his friend and mentor, Coast Guard captain William Kossler, undaunted by their lack of support, fought with single-minded intensity to establish the helicopter as a vital rescue tool in the service. Kossler died while the project was still in its infancy.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This book clearly demonstrates the problems encountered by the personalities involved and their strengths in developing the helicopter for Coast Guard use. It shows how Erickson and his friend and mentor, Coast Guard captain William Kossler, undaunted by their lack of support, fought with single-minded intensity to establish the helicopter as a vital rescue tool in the service. Kossler died while the project was still in its infancy.
How We Invented the Airplane
Author: Orville Wright
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486135691
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This fascinating firsthand account covers the Wright Brothers' early experiments, construction of planes and motors, first flights, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 photographs.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486135691
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This fascinating firsthand account covers the Wright Brothers' early experiments, construction of planes and motors, first flights, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 photographs.
Science Comics: Flying Machines
Author: Benjamin A. Wilgus
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250169410
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017 Take to the skies with Flying Machines! Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights. In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright Brothers were among the first innovators of heavier than air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright Brothers’ journey. Though they weren’t as wealthy as their European counterparts, their impressive achievements demanded attention on the international stage. Thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright Brothers’ flying machines took off.
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250169410
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017 Take to the skies with Flying Machines! Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights. In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright Brothers were among the first innovators of heavier than air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright Brothers’ journey. Though they weren’t as wealthy as their European counterparts, their impressive achievements demanded attention on the international stage. Thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright Brothers’ flying machines took off.
Codex on the Flight of Birds in the Royal Library At Turin
Author: Leonardo (da Vinci)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 89
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Yesterday's Tomorrows
Author: Joseph J. Corn
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801853999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801853999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.