First to fly : the unlikely triumph of Wilbur and Orville Wright / James Tobin.
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TextPublication details: London : John Murray, 2003Description: vii, 430 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cmISBN: 0719557275Subject(s): Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 | Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 | Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 | Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 | Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 | Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 | Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Flight -- History -- 20th century | Aeronautics -- History | Aeronautics -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 629.13/0092/273 LOC classification: TL540.W7 | T65 2003Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine derived contents note: Prologue Decoration Day, 1899 1 -- Chapter One "The Edge of Wonder" 7 -- Chapter Two "A Slight Possibility" 36 -- Chapter Three "Some Practical Experiments" 57 -- Chapter Four "Truth and Error Intimately Mixed" 88 -- Chapter Five "The Possibility of Exactness" 115 -- Chapter Six "A Thousand Glides" 132 -- Chapter Seven "Our Turn to Throw" i69 -- Interlude 193 -- Chapter Eight "What Hath God Wrought?" 204 -- Chapter Nine "The Clean Air of the Heavens" 221 -- Chapter Ten "A Flying Machine at Anchor" 246 -- Chapter Eleven "A World of Trouble" 274 -- Chapter Twelve "The Light on Glory's Plume" 300 -- Chapter Thirteen "The Greatest Courage and Achievements" 327 -- Epilogue 358 -- Acknowledgments 367 -- Notes 371 -- A Note on Sources 409 -- Index 415.
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