22 cm. [7] pp. Original printed wraps, stapled, small chip to edge of rear wrapper. Means was granted patents for signalling apparatus, and four types of launching apparatus on May 25, 1909. James Means, a pioneer of early aviation, was the author of several works on early aeronautics, including "The Problem of Manflight," published in Boston in 1894, several Aeronautical Annuals published between 1895-1897, and a 12 pp. pamphlet, published in 1913 entitled "The James Means Control for Flying Machines based upon the Principle of Mental Automatism.".

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FIVE PATENTS RELATING TO AVIATION. James Means Box 167, Back Bay P.O. Boston, Mass. U.S. A.

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James Means, [Boston, MA?]

Publication Date

1909

Binding

Soft cover

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