[Gutenberg 54799] • Balloons, Airships, and Flying Machines
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- Authors
- Bacon, Gertrude
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co.
- Tags
- aeronautics , history , balloons , airships
- Date
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.35 MB
- Lang
- en
This publication by Gertrude Bacon, one of the earliest female aeronauts, details the development of aviation from the first balloons to the inventions of the early 20th century. It contains chapters such as 'The Coming of the Gas Balloon', 'The Balloon in Warfare', and 'The Airship'.