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The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation
by John M. (John Mackenzie) Bacon
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30 totalTHE DOMINION OF THE AIR - The Story of Aerial Navigation - by J. M. Bacon
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF AERONAUTICS.
CHAPTER II. THE INVENTION OF THE BALLOON.
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST BALLOON ASCENT IN ENGLAND.
CHAPTER IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BALLOON PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER V. SOME FAMOUS EARLY VOYAGERS.
CHAPTER VI. CHARLES GREEN AND THE NASSAU BALLOON.
CHAPTER VII. CHARLES GREEN—FURTHER ADVENTURES.
CHAPTER VIII. JOHN WISE—THE AMERICAN AERONAUT.
CHAPTER IX. EARLY METHODS AND IDEAS.
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en
Duration
~9 hours (524K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger
Release date
1997-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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About the author
John M. (John Mackenzie) Bacon
1846–1904
A Victorian balloonist, lecturer, and man of science, he wrote with the excitement of someone who had truly gone up into the sky himself. His books bring together adventure, popular science, and the early wonder of flight.
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