Aërial Navigation

Aërial Navigation

Aërial Navigation - A Popular Treatise on the Growth of Air Craft and on Aëronautical MeteorologyHow beautiful!...
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Author: Zahm, Albert Francis,1862-1954
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Aërial Navigation

Aërial Navigation

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Aërial Navigation

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Zahm, Albert Francis,1862-1954
Format: eBook
Language: English

Aërial Navigation - A Popular Treatise on the Growth of Air Craft and on Aëronautical Meteorology

How beautiful! May we hope ever to journey thus, on wings actuated by human power? It is an old question, once dear to the philosopher and fool alike, but now important mainly to the fool. Or say more kindly it is the affair of untechnical inventorsthe amateur, the rustic, the man of chimerical dreams. For the wise aronaut now numbers that project among the roseate illusions of his youth.[1] Ovid relates a story, doubtless credible in his day, of a clever craftsman who with his son flew bravely aloft, the very first time they put on wings. Daedalus, a Greek architect, having fled from Athens for murder, went with his son Icarus to the island of Crete, where he built the celebrated labyrinth for Minos, the king. He offended that monarch and was cast into prison. In order to escape he made wings for himself and his son, with which they flew far 4over the sea. But Icarus, in his elation, soared too near the sun, ruined his wings, fell into the sea and was drowned. For proof of this we have the Icarian Sea, named after the unfortunate boy. Also we have Ovids charming poem: 6 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60277
Author: Zahm, Albert Francis
Release Date: Sep 11, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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