The aeropleustic art, or, Navigation in the air : by the use of kites, or buoyant sails.
Alternate Title(s):
Aeropleustic art
Published / Created:
[London : Sherwood & Co., 1827]
Physical Description:
[2], 51, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Discusses the use of kites as auxiliary sails for ships, in the army for observation purposes, and with a "Char-Voland", or carriage drawn by kite power.
Subject Terms:
Kites. | Aeronautics -- History. | Sherwood & Co. -- Publisher. | Wilson, W. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1827.
Contributors:
Roberts, P., fl. 1795-1828, engraver. | Adlard, Alfred, engraver. | Buttersworth, Thomas, 1768-1842, ill. | Colman, Samuel, 1780-1845, ill.