Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
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Published by Smithsonian, 1990
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- Title
- Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
- Author
- Jakab, Peter L.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 0874744563
- ISBN 13
- 9780874744569
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
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Thoroughly researched and well written, this is a scholarly assessment of the engineering methods used by the Wright Brothers. Jakab documents the progression of their experiments to refine the wings, propulsion system, and control and balance designs that led to a flyable airplane. He underscores the Wrights' hard work and perseverence throughout. Tom D. Crouch's The Bishop's Boys ( LJ 5/15/89) is an excellent companion volume which relates the biographical side of this fascinating story.
- William A. McIntyre, L.R.C., New Hampshire Technical Coll., Nashua
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- William A. McIntyre, L.R.C., New Hampshire Technical Coll., Nashua
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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