Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol 198 1913-1914 Pp. 245-338.Entire volume, original blind-stamped olive-green cloth, gilt lettering. Ex-library copy with stamps and accession numbers on spine, covers spotted, split at head, corners bumped, end papers browned. A very good copy.First Edition. The 'James Forrest' lecture. Substantial exposition from a pioneer of the theory of flight (see Brockett nos 7128-7136). In 1894 FW Lanchester announced his theoty of circulatory air-flow to the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society in England. This theory is later to become of pivotal importance in aerodynamics.DW.

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Title: The Flying-Machine from an Engineering Standpoint.
Author: Lanchester, Frederick William.
Book Type: Book
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