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100 1 _aGibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard,
_d1909-1981.
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvCTGjVWFJGvyCg4vRR8C
245 1 0 _aAviation :
_ban historical survey from its origins to the end of the Second World War /
_cCharles H. Gibbs-Smith.
250 _aNew ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bScience Museum,
_c2003.
300 _a304 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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500 _aPrevious edition: London: HMSO, 1985.
504 _a"This 2003 edition omits the quotations on flying, bibliography and conversion tables featured in the 1985 edition"-Page 6.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tDreams, myths and devices --
_tFrom classical antiquity to the end of the sixteenth century --
_tThe seventeenth century --
_tThe eighteenth century --
_tCayley, and the first half of the nineteenth century --
_tThe 1850s and 1860s --
_tThe 1870s --
_tThe 1880s --
_tThe powered prelude to practical flying: 1890-1903 --
_tThe gliding prelude to practical powered flying --
_tThe Wright brothers and the invention of the practical aeroplane: 1899-1905 --
_tThe beginnings of practical aviation in Europe: 1902-08 --
_tThe aeroplane as an accepted vehicle: 1909 --
_tPractical powered flying: 1910-14 --
_tThe First World War: 1914-18 --
_tBetween the wars: the first period: 1919-29 --
_tBetween the wars: the second period: 1930-39 --
_tThe Second World War: 1939-45.
520 _aIn this classic account, Charles Gibbs-Smith traces the story of aviation from the invention of the kite in China through to the beginnings of the jet age. In particular, the book gives a lovingly-reconstructed account of the experiments, disasters and successes in many countries which culminated in the achievement of a genuine flying machine by the Wright brothers in the United States. A large part of Gibbs-Smith's story also covers the early years of aviation before 1914. This period, rich in eccentric characters and extraordinary efforts, laid the foundation for future progress. The second edition of Gibbs-Smith's authoritative text, out of print for many years, is here republished with a number of new illustrations. It will delight a new generation of aviation enthusiasts. Book jacket.
650 0 _aAeronautics
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAirplanes
_xHistory.
650 7 _aAeronautics.
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650 7 _aAirplanes.
_2fast
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655 7 _aHistory.
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758 _ihas work:
_aAviation (Text)
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aGibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard, 1909-
_tAviation.
_bNew ed.
_dLondon : Science Museum, 2003
_w(OCoLC)607045098
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aGibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard, 1909-
_tAviation.
_bNew ed.
_dLondon : Science Museum, 2003
_w(OCoLC)608423229
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