The Mechanics of the Aeroplane: A Study of the Principles of Flight

Published by Longmans, Green, London, 1917

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Maroon cloth with spine lettering gilt; 230 pps. with translator's preface. New impression. Highly regarded early work on powered flight, translated from the French. Duchene was a French military officer and scientist and this work was awarded the Monthyon Prize by the Academy of Sciences in 1911. A tight copy, spine lettering somewhat dulled, foxing to the endpapers.

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Title
The Mechanics of the Aeroplane: A Study of the Principles of Flight
Author
Duchene, Captain; Ledeboer, John H. (trans); Hubbard, T. O'B. (trans)
Publisher
Longmans, Green, London
Publication year
1917
Binding
Hard Cover
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Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)

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