How It Flies; or, The Conquest of the Air / The Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has Succeeded

by Richard Ferris

ORVILLE WRIGHT IN THE 80-MILE-AN-HOUR “BABY WRIGHT” RACER.

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How It Flies
or,
THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR
The Story of Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the
Inventions by which He Has Succeeded
By
RICHARD FERRIS, B.S., C.E.
Illustrated by Over One Hundred and Fifty Half-tones and Line
Drawings, Showing the Stages of Development from the
Earliest Balloon to the Latest Monoplane and Biplane
New York
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
381-385 Fourth Avenue

Copyright, 1910, by
THOMAS NELSON & SONS

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

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