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A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons ... By John Wise ...
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Philadelphia, J.A. Speel, 1850.
1850
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| FormatText | Call numberVDT (Wise, J. System of aeronautics) | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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Lightning and the lightning rod; use and abuse of the rod, thunder and thunderstorms, thirty years in the clouds.
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Lancaster, Pearsol, 1870.
1870
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| FormatText | Call numberPRK p.v. 2 no. 1-11 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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Through the air [microform] : a narrative of forty years' experience as an aeronaut ; comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time ; with an account of the author's most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes ; Also an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons / by John Wise ...
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Philadelphia : To-day Publishing Company, 1873.
1873
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Through the air [microform] : a narrative of forty years' experience as an aeronaut ; comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time ; with an account of the author's most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes ; Also an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons / by John Wise ...
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Philadelphia : To-day Publishing Company, 1873.
1970-1873
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Through the air / a narratives of forty years\u0027 experience as an aëronaut. Comprising a history of the various attempts in the air of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time. With an account of the author\u0027s most important air-voyages and his many thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Also an appendix, in which are given full instructions for the manufacture and management of balloons. By John Wise.
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Philadelphia, New York, [etc.] : To-day publishing company, 1873.
1873
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| FormatText | Call number533.6 W75 | Item locationOff-site |
A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. In three parts. Containing an account of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means, from the earliest period down to the discovery of the aeronautic machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages. Also, full instructions in the art of making balloons ... By John Wise ...
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Philadelphia, J.A. Speel, 1850.
1850
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| FormatText | Call numberEng 5508.50 | Item locationOff-site |
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