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| Éditeur | NMSI Trading Ltd Science Museum Exhibition Road London |
| Pays | Angleterre |
| Code ISBN | 1-900747-52-9 |
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292 |
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Introduction
Preface to Second Edition
Prologue
1 Dreams, myths and devices
2 From classical antiquity to the and of the sixteenth century
3 The seventeenth century
4 The eighteenth century
5 Cayley, and the first half of the nineteenth century
6 The 1850s and 1860s
7 The 1870s
8 The 1880s
9 The powered prelude to practical flying: 1890-1903
10 The gliding prelude to practical powered flying
11 The Wright brothers and the invention of the practical
aeroplane: 1899-1905
12 The beginnings of practical aviation in Europe: 1902-08
13 The aeroplane as an accepted vehicle: 1909
14 Practical powered flying: 1910-14
15 The First World War: 1914-18
16 Between the wars: the first period: 1919-29
17 Between the wars: the second period: 1930-39
18 The Second World War: 1939-45
Table of powered flights
Chronology
Glossary
Addenda
Further reading
Index |
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Histoire |
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| Remarques |
Basé sur l'ouvrage The Aeroplane: an historical survey, du même auteur, publié en 1960 par HMSO. Première édition en 1970 par HMSO. Seconde édition en 1985. |
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