Lighter than air : an illustrated history of balloons and airships /

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crouch, Tom D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, ©2009.
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Clouds in a bag
  • The newborn babe comes of age
  • Navigating the air
  • The fabulous silvery fishes
  • Science in the sky
  • Renaissance.