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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2178
Post Type: Book
This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.
Artist or Author: Beril Becker
Creation Year: 1967
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Language: English Description: How did man come to fly? His dream of flight goes back to the ancient Greeks and perhaps even before. Some of the earliest legends of the past picture gods and even men flying through the air.
And it took these dreams, says Beril Becker, along with all of the things that really happened- the discoveries in science of the ancient Greeks, the work of men in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, the development of the ballon, flying toys, laborious progress toward knowledge of the principles of aerodynamics, many failures, then the success at Kitty Hawk and the fantastic development since- to make man master of the air.
This is truly a complete summary of man's route to the conquest of air, for it shows clearly the interplay of legend and the writings of such men as Poe, Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, with the painstaking work of scientists and inventors spurred on by the dreams and predictions of the writers.
276 pgs
Geographic: France, Germany, Peoples Republic of China, United States
Materials: Bamboo, Cotton, Dowel, Paper
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