| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Through the air: a narrative of forty years' experience as an aèeronaut. Comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time. With an account of the author's most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Also, an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons
| | | | Creator: | Wise, John, 1808-1879 | | | | Publication: | To-day Pub. Co, Philadelphia, New York, [etc.],1873. | | | | Notes: | An enlarged edition of the author's "System of aeronautics", issued in 1850. | | | | Call #: | TL515 W813 | | | | Extent: | 650 p. : incl. col. front., plates, ports., facsim. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- History | Balloons
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | The dominion of the air: the story of aèerial navigation
| | | | Creator: | Bacon, John Mackenzie, 1846-1904 | | | | Publication: | Cassell and Co, London, New York [etc.],1902. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. | | | | Call #: | TL616 B128 1902 | | | | Extent: | viii, 348 p. : front., plates, facsims. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Balloons | Aeronautics -- History
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Astra castra: experiments and adventures in the atmosphere
| | | | Creator: | Turnor, Christopher Hatton, 1840-1914 | | | | Publication: | Chapman and Hall, London,1865. | | | | Notes: | "Roll of the first 500 aeronauts, with the date and place of their first ascents": p. [457]-462. Includes index. "Books hitherto published on aerostation": p. 463-465. | | | | Call #: | TL515 T956 Oversize | | | | Extent: | xxiii, 530 p. : front., illus., plates, ports. ; 32 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- History | Balloons | Balloon ascensions
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art: Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons
| | | | Creator: | Wise, John, 1808-1879 | | | | Publication: | J.A. Speel, Philadelphia,1850. | | | | Notes: | An enlarged edition was issued in 1873 under title "Through the air." | | | | Call #: | TL515 W812 | | | | Extent: | xvi, [17]-310 p. front. (port.) plates. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- History | Balloon ascensions -- History | Balloons
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