SYSTEM of AERONAUTICS, comprehending its EARLIEST INVESTIGATIONS, and Modern Practice and Art, containing the various Attempts in the Art of Flying by Artificial Means, from the Earliest Period to the Discovery of the Aeronautic Machine by the...
Auteur(s) : WISE (John)
Description : in-8, Philadelphia, 1850
Titre complet de l'ouvrage : SYSTEM of AERONAUTICS, comprehending its EARLIEST INVESTIGATIONS, and Modern Practice and Art, containing the various Attempts in the Art of Flying by Artificial Means, from the Earliest Period to the Discovery of the Aeronautic Machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later Period ; with the Author's 15 Years' Experience in Aerial Voyages, full Instructions in the Ait of Making Balloons, Parachutes, etc. etc., and Directions to prepare Experimental Balloons