Lighter than air : an illustrated history of balloons and airships / Tom D. Crouch.

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Crouch, Tom D.

Title & Author:

Lighter than air : an illustrated history of balloons and airships / Tom D. Crouch.

Publication:

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Clouds in a bag -- The newborn babe comes of age -- Navigating the air -- The fabulous silvery fishes -- Science in the sky -- Renaissance.

Summary:

Looks at the history of balloons and airships, from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the present day.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780801891274 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0801891272 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Airships History.
Balloons History.
Ballooning History.
Airships.
Ballooning.
Balloons.
Ballon
Ballonfahrt
Luftschiff
Ballongsegling historia.
Ballonger Historia.
Luftskepp historia.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261228
Call No.: BIB 192241
Status: Available

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