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Steam in the Air : The Application of Steam Power in Aviation during the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Maurice.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steam-engines--History--19th century.
- Aeronautics--History--19th century.
- Aeronautics.
- Aeronautics--History--20th century.
- Steam-engines.
- Steam-engines--History--20th Century.
- Local Subjects:
- Steam-engines--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scientific investigation into manned flight began early in the 19th Century at a time when steam power was the only transportable propulsion generator available to the many pioneer flying-machine designers of the day. This unique history of the attempts, failures and successes to master the art of flight gathers many intriguing, fanciful and extraordinary designs from around the world. The author describes in detail how many types of steam engine were adapted for use in flight and the flying-machines into which they were fitted. This is an amazing and untold story of the men who dreamed of fly
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER ONE - The Early Pioneers""; ""Sir George Cayley""; ""Sir William Congreve (1772 � 1828)""; ""Vittorio Sarti""; ""F.D. Artingstall""; ""The Early Attempts of William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow""; ""CHAPTER TWO - The Era of Successful Flight""; ""Henson�s and Stringfellow�s later Work""; ""Powered Balloons""; ""Fixed Wing Heavier-than-Air Machines""; ""Ornithopters (Heavier-than-air flapping-wing craft)""; ""Helicopters""; ""Composite aircraft""
- ""Other Activity in Steam Aviation in the Middle of the Twentieth Century""""The Nuclear Steam Airship""; ""Ronald Whitehouse""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Artifacts Preserved in Museums""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783402458
- 1783402458
- 9781783409730
- 1783409738
- OCLC:
- 854974750
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