Progress in flying machines pdf

Progress in flying machines

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iv p., 1 l., 308 p. : 23 cm’, ‘”… a series of articles on ‘Progress in flying machines’, as distinguished from balloons, which have been published in the Railroad and engineering journal (now redesignated as the American engineer), of New York city. The first article appeared in October, 1891…”‘, ‘Appendix: The flight of the albatross. Paper read before the Balloon society, October 3, 1884. By Thomas Moy. – The flying man. The carrying capacity of arched surfaces in sailing flight. By Otto Lilienthal. Translated from Zeitschrift fur luftschiffahrt und physik der atmosphare for November 1893’, ‘This edition includes additional biographical material on the author

• Creator/s: Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910
• Date: 1894
• Book Topics/Themes: Flying-machines, Airplanes

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