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

Charles Coulston Gillispie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-61332-1 (ISBN)

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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-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*A Note on Units, pg. xi*Chapter I, pg. 1*Chapter II, pg. 25*Chapter III, pg. 67*Chapter IV, pg. 95*Chapter V, pg. 138*Sources and Bibliography, pg. 178*Genealogical Chart, pg. 180*Notes, pg. 181*List of Illustrations, pg. 198*Index, pg. 201

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	539 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-691-61332-X / 069161332X
ISBN-13	978-0-691-61332-1 / 9780691613321
Zustand	Neuware