The airplane

Title
: 
The airplane

Personal Author EPSB
: 
Nancy Robinson. Masters

Summary
: 
The Wright brothers' first twelve seconds of flight set into motion a discovery that would change the world forever. This book explores the factors that led to the development of flight.

Year Published
: 
2004

Series
: 
Inventions that shaped the world

Physical Description
: 
80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Note
: 
Includes index.

Contents
: 
Twelve seconds that changed the world -- Why fly? -- The Wright men for the job -- Inventing the flyer -- The airplane and you -- Flying into the future.

Subject
: 
Aeronautics -- History.
 
Airplanes.

Summary
: 
The Wright brothers' first twelve seconds of flight set into motion a discovery that would change the world forever. This book explores the factors that led to the development of flight.

ISBN
: 
9780531123607
 
9780531167335

Publisher
: 
New York : Franklin Watts, c2004.


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Lansdowne629.13 MASBook30180000015374Non-Fiction