Falling upwards : how the Romantics took to the air
Holmes, Richard, 1945-2013
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Meet the pioneer generation of aviators with their rivalries, reflections and ruminations on weather, altitude, the invention of geography, meteorology and how ballooning opened up a new and wholly unexpected vision of the earth.
Main title:
Falling upwards : how the Romantics took to the air / Richard Holmes.
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Imprint:
London : HarperPress, 2013.
Collation:
304 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780007386925 (hbk)0007386923 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.1'3322629.133629.1
Language:
English
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BRN:
1628518
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