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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 : 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 / by John Wise.
Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wise, John, 1808-1879, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics--History.
- Aeronautics.
- History.
- Balloons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (650 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia ; New York : To-day Publishing Company, 1873.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 833034485
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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