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James Glaisher

The Aeronauts

Travels in the Air

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The true story behind the Major Motion Picture - and one of the greatest daredevil stories in the history of aviation.In 1862, ambitious scientist James Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than ever before. A pioneer of weather forecasting and of photography, and a founding member of the Royal Meteorological Society, he wanted to take ground-breaking research measurements from different altitudes.On 5th September, along with experienced balloonist Henry Coxwell as his pilot, he lifted off in a hot air balloon for what would prove to be a death-defying and historic flight. Rising above the English countryside, t… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-911545-48-4
  • EAN: 9781911545484
  • Produktnummer: 32838149
  • Verlag: Melville House UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 144 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 3'886 KB

Über den Autor


James Glaisher (1809-1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut, and astronomer who worked at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for forty-three years. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. He is most famous as a pioneering balloonist and his ascent on 5th September 1862 along with Henry Tracey Coxwell broke the world record for altitude.

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