A treatise on the art of flying, by mechanical means; : with a full explanation of the natural principles by which birds are enabled to fly: likewise instructions and plans for making a flying car with wings, in which a man may sit, and, by working a small lever, cause himself to ascend and soar through the air. : Illustrated with plates. / By Thomas Walker, portrait painter, Hull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Thomas (Portrait painter)

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33565.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flight.

Aircraft.

Flying-machines.

Human powered aircraft.

Ornithopters.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16-64 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm

Other Title:

Art of flying.

Place of Publication:

New-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, at the Juvenile Book-Store, no. 357, Pearl-Street., 1814.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Cover title: Art of flying.

First published at Hull, England, 1810.

Bookseller's advertisement, lower cover.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33565).

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