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Book Synopsis The Great Balloon Voyage by : Esther M. Douty
Download or read book The Great Balloon Voyage written by Esther M. Douty and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a great voyage by any standard - until 1910, the longest balloon trip ever made in America and one of the longest ever made anywhere in the world. Using John Wise's west-to-east current, the Atlantic flew from St. Louis, Missouri, to Henderson, New York, more than 800 miles in nineteen hours. Here, in this essay, is the little-told story of Wise's triumph.
Book Synopsis A Voyage in the Clouds by : Matthew Olshan
Download or read book A Voyage in the Clouds written by Matthew Olshan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious fictionalized retelling of the first international balloon flight.
Book Synopsis Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages by : R. M. Ballantyne
Download or read book Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages" by R. M. Ballantyne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Balloon Voyage written by Rupert Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how, in 1986, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand became the first persons ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon.
Book Synopsis Mr. Haddock's Narrative of His Hazardous and Exciting Voyage in the Balloon "Atlantic", with Prof. Jno. LaMountain by : John A. Haddock
Download or read book Mr. Haddock's Narrative of His Hazardous and Exciting Voyage in the Balloon "Atlantic", with Prof. Jno. LaMountain written by John A. Haddock and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the space shuttle. This reprint of a classic publication by John A. Haddock, from 1872, details an eventful balloon ascent made by the author. The following is an except from the preface: 'Within the past two or three years I have often been requested to re-publish my account of that celebrated trip, and have at last consented to do so, in order to afford my friends and the public an opportunity of perusing it, and to enable them to comprehend how a man apparently sensible as regards business affairs and every-day life, may sometimes do a foolish thing that will seriously affect his business prospects, and cause great and unnecessary distress to his friends. For now, as I look back upon the events I am about to relate, I can but regard my balloon voyage as almost impiously hazardous and foolish, and meriting censure rather than commendation.'
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.)
Book Synopsis The American Farmer by : John Turner
Download or read book The American Farmer written by John Turner and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Repository written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Twenty-One Balloons by : William Pene du Bois
Download or read book The Twenty-One Balloons written by William Pene du Bois and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1986-05-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newbery Medal Winner Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pene du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell astory that has no age limit."—The Horn Book
Book Synopsis A Descriptive Catalogue of Books and Engravings Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship and the Aeroplane by : Maggs Bros
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of Books and Engravings Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship and the Aeroplane written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Catalogue written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The God Machine by : James R. Chiles
Download or read book The God Machine written by James R. Chiles and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this amazing machine, and pays tribute to the selfless heroism of pilots and crews. A virtual flying lesson and scientific adventure tale, The God Machine is more than the history of an invention; it is a journey into the minds of imaginative thinkers and a fascinating look at the ways they changed our world.
Book Synopsis The Red Blooded by : Edgar Beecher Bronson
Download or read book The Red Blooded written by Edgar Beecher Bronson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Red Blooded by Edgar Beecher Bronson
Book Synopsis Wild Fruits by : Henry David Thoreau
Download or read book Wild Fruits written by Henry David Thoreau and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-03-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoreau presents information about the "'unnoticed wild berry whose beauty annually lends a new charm to some wild walk, '" along with what "may be considered Thoreau's last will and testament, in which he protests our desecration of the landscape, reflects on the importance of preserving wild space 'for instruction and recreation, ' and envisions a new American scripture."--Jacket.
Download or read book A Souvenir written by John A. Haddock and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
