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Airships (Shire Library) By Patrick Abbott
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- Airships (Shire Library)
- ISBN
- 9780747800842
- Book Title
- Airships
- Book Series
- Shire Library
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Transportation, History
- Topic
- Aviation / General, Military / Naval
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 32 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0747800847
ISBN-13
9780747800842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66167271
Product Key Features
Book Title
Airships
Number of Pages
32 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Aviation / General, Military / Naval
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Book Series
Shire Library
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Series Volume Number
No. 259
Dewey Decimal
629.1332409
Synopsis
Dirigible balloons, usually known as airships, were first suggested in the late eighteenth century but not until the invention of the internal combustion engine a hundred years later were they able to achieve controlled and directed flight. Although based on different principles from aeroplanes, airships were very successful in the early twentieth century and were used extensively by both sides in the First World War. However, the speed of aeroplanes improved rapidly so that within a few years airships were too slow to provide a challenge. The use of hydrogen also proved to be an unacceptable risk and with the burning of the Hindenburg in 1937 all development of large passenger-carrying airships ceased. The United States, with its monopoly of the safe gas helium, has continued to build and use small blimps while new developments in technology and a belated recognition of the virtues of airships have allowed Britain to return to their manufacture, in which it now leads the world. Patrick Abbott has written The British Airship at War and Airship -The Story of the R34, and has contributed articles to various journals, mostly on aeronautical history., Dirigible balloons, usually known as airships, were first suggested in the late eighteenth century but not until the invention of the internal combustion engine a hundred years later were they able to achieve controlled and directed flight.
LC Classification Number
TL650
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