The War Of The Aeronauts

Author : Charles M. Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War of the Aeronauts written by Charles M. Evans and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Union Army Balloon Corps holds a significant place in the annals of Civil War and military history. From 1861 to 1863 the corps contributed invaluable surveillance and reconnaissance information to the Union Army's war effort during the Virginia campaign. It also accomplished such significant military feats as the initial air-to-ground communication by telegraph, the first use of the "aircraft carrier" for launch of the balloon, and the first artillery barrage directed by an aerial observer where gun batteries were unable to see their targets from the ground. This book traces the history of the intrepid airborne force, from its creation by pioneer balloonist Thaddeus Lowe to its unceremonious disbanding in 1863.

Author : Jim Butcher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451466810
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aeronaut's Windlass written by Jim Butcher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors... Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity. Within their halls, the ruling aristocratic houses develop scientific marvels, foster trade alliances, and maintain fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy’s shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is damaged in combat, Grimm joins a team of Albion agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring his ship. And as Grimm undertakes this task, he learns that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity’s ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake...

Author : James Glaisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels in the Air written by James Glaisher and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Holmes
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307908704
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Falling Upwards written by Richard Holmes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)** **Time Magazine 10 Top Nonfiction Books of 2013** **The New Republic Best Books of 2013** In this heart-lifting chronicle, Richard Holmes, author of the best-selling The Age of Wonder, follows the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts, the daring and enigmatic men and women who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet is a compelling adventure that only Holmes could tell. His accounts of the early Anglo-French balloon rivalries, the crazy firework flights of the beautiful Sophie Blanchard, the long-distance voyages of the American entrepreneur John Wise and French photographer Felix Nadar are dramatic and exhilarating. Holmes documents as well the balloons used to observe the horrors of modern battle during the Civil War (including a flight taken by George Armstrong Custer); the legendary tale of at least sixty-seven manned balloons that escaped from Paris (the first successful civilian airlift in history) during the Prussian siege of 1870-71; the high-altitude exploits of James Glaisher (who rose) seven miles above the earth without oxygen, helping to establish the new science of meteorology); and how Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jules Verne felt the imaginative impact of flight and allowed it to soar in their work. A seamless fusion of history, art, science, biography, and the metaphysics of flights, Falling Upwards explores the interplay between technology and imagination. And through the strange allure of these great balloonists, it offers a masterly portrait of human endeavor, recklessness, and vision. (With 24 pages of color illustrations, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.)

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 384964121X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the Air written by H. G. Wells and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the annotated edition including the rare biographical essay by Edwin E. Slosson called "H. G. Wells - A Major Prophet Of His Time". At the epochal time of the perfection of the practical air-ship, Bert Smallways, a little cockney with the vague, narrow brain and scanty knowledge of his kind, in trying to land the balloon of Butteridge, inventor of the only perfect flying-machine, is carried away in it and into Germany. The balloon is shot down by the Germans at the great works where their air war-ships are being built, and Bert falls with it, wearing Butteridge's outside coats and carrying the secret plans, which he found in them. He is at first mistaken for Butteridge, and is hurried into the flag-ship Prince Karl Albert,—a man compared to Nietzsche's Overman—which, with Bert aboard, starts at once, leading the world's first fleet of air war-ships to the United States, the country to be first attacked in Karl Albert's scheme of world conquest. Bert finds the Germans have been negotiating with Butteridge for the purchase of his plans, and decides to copy them and conceal the originals. On its way to the States, the air-fleet diverges to pursue the American war-ships steaming to the Panama Canal and fighting German ironclads. It destroys them; and turns toward New York …

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the Air written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wells H.G.
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5521082328
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the Air written by Wells H.G. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) was an English writer. He was proli?c in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science ?ction novels. “The War in the Air” a military science ? ction novel, which is notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts such as the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I.

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1786565722
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the Air by H. G. Wells - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) written by H. G. Wells and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The War in the Air’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of H. G. Wells’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Wells includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The War in the Air’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Wells’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0B/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in the Air and Particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gail Jarrow
Publisher : Calkins Creek Books
ISBN 13 : 1590787196
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Flying Spies written by Gail Jarrow and published by Calkins Creek Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses a corps of balloonists led by Thaddeus Lowe during the Civil War who spied on the Confederate Army.