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Flight not improbable : Octave Chanute and the worldwide race toward flight / Simine Short.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Short, Simine, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Springer biographies 2365-0621
- Springer biographies, 2365-0621
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910.
- Chanute, Octave.
- Aeronautics--History--19th century.
- Aeronautics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 443 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, [2023]
- Contents:
- 1. How it all began
- 2. Flight is not Improbable (1853 – 1895)
- 3. Theory – Investigating – Practical Flying (1896)
- 4. Collaboration for Progress in Flying Machines (1898-1902)
- 5. Two Eventful Years of Intertwined Development (1903-1904)
- 6. The Persistent Experiments to Wing the Air (1905-1907)
- 7. Internationalism, Idealism and Materialism (1908)
- 8. New People, new Designs, new Ideas, new Problems
- 9. How Soon Can We All Fly? (1910)
- 10. Some Final Words.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 24, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9783031244308
- 3031244303
- Publisher Number:
- 99994050994
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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