The Conquest of the Air : The Romance of Aerial Navigation

Author(s): Alexander, John; Maxin, Sir Hiram

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	N/A
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	S W Partridge and Co
Publication Year:	1902
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	003555
Catalogue(s):	Transportation ◇ Travel, Exploration and Topography ◇ Technology and History of Technology

160pp, plus 24pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Black and white plate frontispiece and several black and white illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards with 3 colour and gilt decoration and lettering on spine and front. Generally worn, slight bumping to head and heel of spine, corners a little rubbed and rounded. Pages slightly tanned. Published the year before the Wright Brothers' famous successful flight, this volume presents a history of early aviation attempts, including chapters on early ballooning, long distance flight records, air ships, etc. Concluding chapter assesses the prospects for successful aviation, gathering opinions from some of the early pioneers such as Sir Hiram Maxim and Santos-Dumont. 12mo

Keywords:

aviation history of flight planes flying pilots hot air balloons ballooning airships maxim pictorial cloth