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  • Langley: Man of Science and Flight.

Book
CID:
  • 57522
Class:
  • CH Bookcase [R]
Authors:
  • Vaeth, J. G.
Place of Publication:
  • New York
Publisher:
  • The Ronald Press Company
Publication Date:
  • 1966
Subjects:
  • Biography
  • History - Pre 1903
Abstract:
  • A biography of Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) who under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, of which Langley was its third Secretary, developed a series of steam-powered tandem-wing model aeroplanes and was later to develop his design into a full-size man carrying machine, his tandem monoplane 'Aerodrome' crashing into the Potomac River south-east of Washington for the second time on December 8 1903 - a few days before the Wright Brothers' successful first flight.
Notes:
  • (PHY) Illustrated
  • (GEN) Donated from Hampshire Libraries (RAE / QinetiQ Collection)
Collation:
  • 117pp.
Historical Created Date:
  • 28 Jul 2015
Publication Date Information:
  • 1966

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