Bibliograph

Lighter than air, an illustrated history of balloons and airships, Tom D. Crouch

Type

Label

Lighter than air, an illustrated history of balloons and airships, Tom D. Crouch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

federal national government publication

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lighter than air

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

232358241

Responsibility statement

Tom D. Crouch

Review

"This book chronicles lighter-than-air flight from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the latest in sport balloons and plans for future airships. Far more than a timeline of events, this book focuses on the people - flamboyant and daring, heroes and scoundrels - who made history in the sky. Here are the eighteenth-century pioneers who first took to the skies, the peripatetic aeronauts who criss-crossed two continents a century later, the airmen who manned the great rigid airships, and the intrepid balloonists who flew their craft across oceans and continents in the years following World War II."--BOOK JACKET

Sub title

an illustrated history of balloons and airships

Table Of Contents

Ch. 1. Clouds in a bag -- Ch. 2. The newborn babe comes of age -- Ch. 3. Navigating the air -- Ch. 4. The fabulous silvery fishes -- Ch. 5. Science in the sky -- Ch. 6. Renaissance -- App. 1. A chronology of lighter-than-air flight -- App. 2. Airships of the world: a selection

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