Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874744563 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Crouch's The Bishop's Boys ( LJ 5/15/89) is an excellent companion volume which relates the biographical side of this fascinating story.- William A. Jakab documents the progression of their experiments to refine the wings, propulsion system, and control and balance designs that led to a flyable airplane. McIntyre, L.R.C., New Hampshire Technical Coll., NashuaCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Thoroughly researched and well written, this is a scholarly assessment of the engineering methods used by the Wright Brothers. He underscore
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century.Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.
One of the best books I've read AmazonFan.RichVA Extraordinary. Very well written. Not a sentence or word in the whole book that is not needed. I've read many Wright biographies but never understood the Wrights or their accomplishments until I read this. If you're a Wright fan when you start this book you will be in awe of them when you finish it.You'll never feel the . Absolutely the BEST book about the Wright's process of invention Richard N. Girard EXCELLENT!!! If you want to know the engineering that made the Wrights succeed where all others failed then this is the book for you. Mr. Jakab has done a service to the world with this book. I've read just about every biography written about the Wrights and this book is truly one of a kind. Wonderful, absolutely WONDERF. Super Reading Exceeded my expectations in describing the engineering marvel of the age. Complete in every detail. Highly recommend to anyone seeking answers to how the Wrights learned how airplanes fly. These guys were ahead of their time.