Balloons Airships and Flying Machines
Publisher: T.C. & E.C. Jack
Published: c1904
Place of publication: London
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 124
Description: Now a scarce book, and one of the first written about 'flying ,machines'. Drawing heavily on her father's career in balloning, Gertrude Bacon also brings the reader up-to-date with descriptions of Pilcher's glider and Maxim's failed heavier-than-air experiments. The book was published before the first flight of the Wright brothers was made public. Illustrated with line drawings, the book was probably intended for the younger reader.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 - The Origin of Ballooning; title: Chapter 2 - The coming of the gas balloon; title: Chapter 3 - Famous ballon voyages of the past; title: Chapter 4 - The balloon as a scientific instrument; title: Chapter 5 - The balloon in warfare; title: Chapter 6 - The airship; title: Chapter 7 - The flying machine; title: Conclusion