The silken canopy : a history of the parachute
Lucas, John1997
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Commencing with Da Vinci's drawing of a pyramid shaped design and concluding with a look at the 1997 space probe to Titan, this historical survey is published on the bicentenary of the first successful jump by Frenchman Andre Garnerin in 1797.
Main title:
The silken canopy : a history of the parachute / John Lucas.
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Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
Shrewsbury : Airlife, 1997.
Collation:
173p., [16]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Variant title:
Other title: Big umbrella
Notes:
First Published in 1973 As'the Big Umbrella'by Elm Tree.Previous ed.: published as The big umbrella. London: Elm Tree, 1973.Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index.
ISBN:
9781853108556 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.134386
Language:
English
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BRN:
548988
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