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New York: Arno Press, 1972. Facsimile reprint . Hardcover. Continuation of the extended title reads; "With an Account of The Author's Most Important Air-Voyages and his Many Thrilling Adventures and Hairbreadth Escapes. Also, An Appendix, In Which Are Given Full Instructions for the Manufacture and Management of Balloons." An expanded edition of "System of Aeronautics," first published in 1850. This Arno issue reprints the 1873 To-Day Printing and Publishing Company edition. Wise was a pioneer in the field of ballooning making over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible for several innovations in balloon design. 650 pages with numerous full-page woodcut engravings of balloons in flight and of balloon types. Bound in light blue cloth with lettering and illustration in gilt. A fine and bright copy.
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Through the Air; A Narrative of Forty Years' Experience as an Aeronaut: Comprising a History of the Various Attempts in the Art of Flying by Artificia Hardcover - 1971
by John Wise
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- Title Through the Air; A Narrative of Forty Years' Experience as an Aeronaut: Comprising a History of the Various Attempts in the Art of Flying by Artificia
- Author John Wise
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Facsimile reprin
- Pages 650
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Arno Press, New York
- Date June 1971
- ISBN 9780405037870 / 0405037872
- Library of Congress subjects Balloons, Aeronautics - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 79169444
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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THROUGH THE AIR: A NARRATIVE OF FORTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE AS AN AËRONAUT. COMPRISING A HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS ATTEMPTS IN THE ART OF FLYING BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME...
by Wise, John
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