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Toronto, Ontario, Canada : McClelland & Stewart, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. One Dog Ear. May Have Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ The Father Of Flight Is Restored To His Proper Place By This Compelling New Biography. In 1799, One Hundred Years Before The Wright Brothers' Historic Flights At Kitty Hawk, Sir George Cayley Had Engraved, On A Silver Disc About The Size Of A British Shilling, Both The Design For An Airplane And The Earliest Recorded Description Of The Forces By Which A Wing Can Fly. Through His Work, Cayley Was The First To Recognize And Document The Two Opponent-Paired Forces Of Flight: Weight And Lift, Thrust And Drag. These Discoveries Culminated In The Invention Of The First Practical Airplanes. Cayley, His Grandson John, And The Ever Supportive Resident Engineer Mr. Vick Formed A Team That Would Finally Conquer The Air. Aged Seventy-Five, Cayley And His…
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- Título The Man Who Discovered Flight: George Cayley and the First Airplane
- Autor Richard Dee
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Edição First Edition
- Páginas 328
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
- Data de publicação 2007
- Ilustrado Sim
- ISBN 9780771029714 / 0771029713
- Peso 1.4 libras (0.64 kg)
- Dimensão 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 in. (23.11 x 15.75 x 3.05 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.130
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. 328 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. "In 1799, one hundred years before the Wright Brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, Sir George Cayley had engraved, on a silver disc about the size of a British shilling, both the design for an airplane and the earliest recorded description of the forces by which a wing can fly. Through his work, Cayley was the first to recognize the two opponent-paired forces of flight: weight and lift, thrust and drag. These discoveries culminated in the invention of the first practical airplanes. Cayley, his grandson John, and the ever supportive engineer Mr. Vick formed a team that would finally conquer the air. Aged seventy-five, Cayley and his little group developed a series of advanced models, and in 1849 they finally flew a full-sized glider with a crew consisting of a ten-year-old boy. Shortly before his eightieth birthday, Cayley would finally build the machine that launched the world's first…
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