Steam in the air, the application of steam power in aviation during the 19th and 20th centuries, Maurice Kelly
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Steam in the air, the application of steam power in aviation during the 19th and 20th centuries, Maurice Kelly
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eng
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Steam in the air
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Maurice Kelly
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the application of steam power in aviation during the 19th and 20th centuries
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Scientific investigation into manned flight began early in the 19th Century at a time when steam power was the only transportable propulsion generator available to the many pioneer flying-machine designers of the day. This unique history of the attempts, failures, and successes to master the art of flight gathers many intriguing, fanciful, and extraordinary designs from around the world. The author describes in detail how many types of steam engines were adapted for use in flight and the flying-machines into which they were fitted. This is an amazing and untold story of the men who dreamed of flying in an age when horse-power was mainly generated by the animal of the same name
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