How It Flies, or the Conquest of the Air: The Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has Succeeded (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Richard Ferris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265707870 ISBN 13: 9780265707876

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from How It Flies, or the Conquest of the Air: The Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has Succeeded

The Ships of the Air. He has explained the laws of their flight; sketched their development to the pres ent day; shown how to build the flying machine and the balloon, and how to Operate them; recounted what man has done, and what he hopes to do with their aid. In a word, all the essential facts that enter into the Conquest of the Air have been gath.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0265707870
• ISBN 13: 9780265707876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 477