The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 : with a word on the importance of ballooning for the science of heat and the art of building railroads /

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This vividly illustrated book introduces the reader to the brothers Montgolfier, who launched the first hotair balloon in Annonay, France on 4 June 1783. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillispie, Charles Coulston (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, > 1740-1810.
Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, > 1745-1799.
Aeronautics > History.
Balloonists > France > Biography.
Aéronautes > France > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Aeronautics.
Balloonists.
France.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A Note on Units
  • Chapter I
  • Chapter II
  • Chapter III
  • Chapter IV
  • Chapter V
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Genealogical Chart
  • Notes
  • List of Illustrations
  • Index.

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