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A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons ...

Title
A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons ... By John Wise ...
Author
Wise, John, 1808-1879.
Publication
Philadelphia, J.A. Speel, 1850.

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Description
xvi, [17]-310 p. front. (port.) plates.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Aeronautics > History
  • Balloon ascensions > History
  • Balloons
Note
  • An enlarged edition was issued in 1873 under title "Through the air."
Call Number
VDT (Wise, J. System of aeronautics)
LCCN
07003457 //r86
OCLC
14270978
Author
Wise, John, 1808-1879.
Title
A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons ... By John Wise ...
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Philadelphia, J.A. Speel, 1850.
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