Dirigible Balloons

Dirigible Balloons

Dirigible BalloonsThis book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have...
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Author: Hayward, Charles B. (Charles Brian),1876-
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Language: English
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Dirigible Balloons

Dirigible Balloons

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Dirigible Balloons

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Author: Hayward, Charles B. (Charles Brian),1876-
Format: eBook
Language: English

Dirigible Balloons

This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have rotated some images. The caption for Figure 20 was illegible in the scanned pages so I used a description from a paragraph that referred to it. Of the first attempts of men to emulate the flight of birds, we have no knowledge, but one of the earliest, perhaps, is embodied in the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Xerxes, it is said, possessed a throne which was drawn through the air by eagles. The Chinese have sometimes been given credit for the invention of the balloon, as they have for many other scientific discoveries. It is related that a balloon was sent up at Pekin in celebration of the ascension of the throne by an emperor in the beginning of the fourteenth century. Early Attempts. Leonardo da Vinci devoted some time to the problem of artificial flight. His sketches show the details of batlike wings which were to spread out on the downward stroke and fold up with the upward stroke. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 63234
Author: Hayward, Charles B. (Charles Brian)
Release Date: Sep 18, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

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