The history of man-powered flight /
The History of Man-Powered Flight provides a comprehensive history of man-powered aircraft. This book discusses the flight in early civilizations; Leonardo da Vinci- a scientist among skeptical philosophers; formation of the Man-Powered Aircraft Committee at Cranfield; Kremer Competition- catalyst f...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon,
�1977.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The History of Man-Powered Flight provides a comprehensive history of man-powered aircraft. This book discusses the flight in early civilizations; Leonardo da Vinci- a scientist among skeptical philosophers; formation of the Man-Powered Aircraft Committee at Cranfield; Kremer Competition- catalyst for worldwide activity, and the first entrant; and United Kingdom "Miscellany₄ of the 1960s. The topics on man-powered rotorcraft and the persistence of the "bird-men₄; "Toucan₄ and other machines; and future prospects on man-powered flight are also deliberated in this text. This publication is inten. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-332) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781483145990 1483145999 9780080217383 0080217389 |