Author: The Aero Club of America; Various
Title: Navigating the Air
Description: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated work on flight at the beginning of the twentieth century, the first edition of this work by the Aero Club of America. The first edition, first printing, of this scarce work.The Aero Club of America's study on the progress of aeronautical science from the beginnings of the science to the early twentieth century. This work provides an interesting insight into a period of rapid growth and discovery in the science of flight. Chapters including 'The Wright Brothers' Motor Flyer' by O. Chanute, 'The Coming Dirigible Airship' by Captain Homer W. Hedge, 'The Relations of Weight, Speed, and Power of Flyers' by Wilbur and Orville Wright, 'The Law of Atmospheric Resistance of Wires and Rods' by Doctor A. F. Zahm, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-one plates.The Aero Club of America was a social club founded in 1905 to promote aviation in America. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Navigating the Air aero club america aeroplanes aero club planes Not Stated
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Title: Navigating the Air
Description: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated work on flight at the beginning of the twentieth century, the first edition of this work by the Aero Club of America. The first edition, first printing, of this scarce work.The Aero Club of America's study on the progress of aeronautical science from the beginnings of the science to the early twentieth century. This work provides an interesting insight into a period of rapid growth and discovery in the science of flight. Chapters including 'The Wright Brothers' Motor Flyer' by O. Chanute, 'The Coming Dirigible Airship' by Captain Homer W. Hedge, 'The Relations of Weight, Speed, and Power of Flyers' by Wilbur and Orville Wright, 'The Law of Atmospheric Resistance of Wires and Rods' by Doctor A. F. Zahm, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-one plates.The Aero Club of America was a social club founded in 1905 to promote aviation in America. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Navigating the Air aero club america aeroplanes aero club planes Not Stated
Price: GBP 240.00 = appr. US$ 342.72 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 898P46
- Book number: 898P46
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