SIR GEORGE CAYLEY'S AERONAUTICS 1796-1855
Published by HMSO. 1st. 1962
Very good condition. The book presents Cayley's aeronautics. By 1849 Cayley had constructed and flown a full-size triplane glider which carried a boy for brief distances and in 1853 Cayley despatched his unwilling coachman across a dale near Scarborough in a glider. B/w illustrations.
A few light scuffs to boards, minor fading to spine and top edge of boards. Foxing to prelims and text block.
Stock no. 1819252
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- GLIDERS
- BIOGRAPHY
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