Visions of a flying machine : the Wright brothers and the process of invention / Peter L. Jakab.
TITLE:
Visions of a flying machine : the Wright brothers and the process of invention / Peter L. Jakab.
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Publication Date:
1990
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,
Physical Description:
xviii, 263 p. : ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 251-255)
Summary:
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780874744569
