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Author: S.L. Kotar Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786449411 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
The hot air balloon has a fascinating history of much trial and error, scienti?c research and bold adventure. This book chronicles the development and advances in the endeavor and also provides insights into the people who developed the sport--many of whom lost their lives in the process. The book traces the history of ballooning from the Montgol?er brothers' ?rst experiments with a paper balloon in Annonay, France, in 1782, through the next several decades, when the sport's waning novelty forced aeronauts to develop bigger, better and more dangerous tricks. It concludes at the beginning of the 20th century, when the age of the airplane rendered hot air balloons all but obsolete.
Author: S.L. Kotar Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786449411 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
The hot air balloon has a fascinating history of much trial and error, scienti?c research and bold adventure. This book chronicles the development and advances in the endeavor and also provides insights into the people who developed the sport--many of whom lost their lives in the process. The book traces the history of ballooning from the Montgol?er brothers' ?rst experiments with a paper balloon in Annonay, France, in 1782, through the next several decades, when the sport's waning novelty forced aeronauts to develop bigger, better and more dangerous tricks. It concludes at the beginning of the 20th century, when the age of the airplane rendered hot air balloons all but obsolete.
Author: Deborah Noyes Publisher: Random House Studio ISBN: 0593122054 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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A riveting middle-grade biography about Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to work as a professional aeronaut in France in the late 1700s, set against the thrilling backdrop of early flight. Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. While no one knows the fate of Earhart, a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as French aeronaut Sophie Blanchard met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the streets of Paris in 1819. But first, Blanchard made nearly 70 spectacular flights, survived a revolution, and become a court favorite of the emperor Napoleon (who gave her the title, "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals") and later of the King of France. Set against the backdrop of the history of flight, watch as Balloonmania-- a phenomenon that riveted all of Europe-- took hold and inspired a great many artists authors, and dreamers. This lively scrapbook-style biography with more than fifty black-and-white photos throughout, introduces a frightened, nervous girl who became a fearless legend in the skies.
Author: Vivian Kirkfield Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers ISBN: 1328560910 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
Celebrating the invention of vehicles, this collective biography tells the inspiring stories of the visionaries who changed the way we move across air, water, and land. Perfect for fans of Mistakes that Worked and Girls Think of Everything.
Author: Michael R Lynn Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317324153 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Ballooning, like the Enlightenment, was a Europe-wide movement and a massive cultural phenomenon. Lynn argues that in order to understand the importance of science during the age of the Enlightenment and Atlantic revolutions, it is crucial to explain how and why ballooning entered and stayed in the public consciousness.
Author: Candace Robinson Publisher: Candace Robinson ISBN: Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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Hearts are like balloons. Sometimes they inflate... Sometimes they deflate.. May Falkner's past two years have been a craptastic road. When her father suddenly passes away, May needs to find a job to help out her mom and possibly find some laughter along the way. Working at the bookstore helps with that problem. It also leads her to cross paths with Nico Evitts, who begins as just a co-worker, but becomes so much more. When life finally seems like it's almost normal again, reality steps in and pitches another curveball May's way, causing things to crack a bit. What May has to learn is, eventually, you just have to rip the bandage off. Perfect for fans of Jenn Bennett, friends to lovers, and second chance romance. **Contains mature themes, yet quirky and cute. KEYWORDS: second chance romance, teen pregnancy romance, happily ever after, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, new beginnings, friends to lovers, love books, love stories, young adult contemporary romance, timeline romance, friendship stories, artist main character, musician love interest, second-chance romance
Author: A. Byrne Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137311320 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 265
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This book examines British scientific and antiquarian travels in the "North," circa 1790–1830. British perceptions, representations and imaginings of the North are considered part of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century processes of British self-fashioning as a Northern nation, and key in unifying the expanding North Atlantic empire.
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