Balloons and Airships
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Looks at the brave (and sometimes foolish) men and women who were responsible for . . . the development of manned flight (History of War). This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air balloon. The following year saw the first ascent with aeronauts-not human beings but a sheep, a duck and a cockerel. But it was not long before men and women too took to the air and became ever more adventurous. In the 19th century, balloons found a new role in…
Mehr
CHF 18.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5267-1951-5
- EAN: 9781526719515
- Produktnummer: 35173551
- Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 50'704 KB
Über den Autor
Anthony Burton is a freelance author and broadcaster, who has specialized in industrial and transport history. He has been involved in around a hundred TV documentaries on these subjects, appearing on all the major networks. He has written biographies of some of the leading characters of the early industrial age: Thomas Telford, Richard Trevithick, Joseph Locke and Matthew Boulton, the latter with Jennifer Tann
81 weitere Werke von Anthony Burton:
History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 11.60
Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 11.00
Light Railways of Britain and Ireland
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 27.10
Light Railways of Britain and Ireland
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 27.10
The Rise & Fall of British Shipbuilding
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 17.40
History's Most Dangerous Jobs Miners
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 11.60
Bewertungen
Anmelden