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Flying machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship

Jackman, William James, b. 1850, Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947, Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910 · 1910 · Chicago : Charles C. Thompson Co. · 2 pictures

A 1910 Chicago how-to manual by William Jackman and Thomas Russell, with contributions from Octave Chanute, published by Charles C. Thompson Co. for amateur builders of early gliders and airships. Line diagrams show wing frames, warping wings, tail rudders and joined spruce beams, alongside letter-keyed part labels and tables of material weights and tensile strengths useful as technical ornament.

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