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  • Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement

    by Harry Vissering ...
    The large Zeppelin Airship supplies the demand for a much faster, more luxurious, more comfortable and more safe long distance transportation. It is not restricted by the geographical limitations of the railway and the steamship. A Zeppelin can go anywhere, in fact the cruising radius of a Zeppelin is only limited by the size of the ship and the amount of fuel it can carry. The U. S. Government ... Read more

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  • Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement

    by Harry Vissering ...
    "Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement" by Harry Vissering delves into the fascinating world of airship travel, chronicling the innovative spirit behind the Zeppelin. The book explores the life of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose vision and engineering prowess led to the creation of the iconic airships that captured the imagination of the early 20th century. Vissering provides a detailed ... Read more

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  • The Airship Inventor's Library: 33 Essential Reads

    Pioneering Flight Memoirs, Airship Engineering, and Edwardian Adventures of the Aerial Age

    by Harry Vissering, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Thomas Herbert Russell, William J. Jackman, Octave Chanute, E. Douglas Fawcett, George Whale, Percy F. Westerman, F. S. Brereton, Howard Roger Garis, H. L. Sayler, Edwin Green, John Henry Goldfrap, Hugh McAlister, De Lysle F. Cass, G. Harvey Ralphson, Clarence Young, Richard Bonner, Victor Appleton, Roy Rockwood, Frank V. Webster, Frank Cobb, Stanley R. Matthews ...
    The Airship Inventor's Library: 33 Essential Reads gathers aviation writing from the age when dirigibles, balloons, and heavier-than-air machines transformed both engineering imagination and popular narrative. Across technical reflection, speculative adventure, instructional prose, and juvenile fiction, the volume charts the airship as a vehicle of invention, imperial mobility, peril, and wonder. ... Read more

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  • Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement (Illustrated)

    by Harry Vissering ...
    A history and catalog of of the development of the Zeppelin AirshipsWritten in 1922 by American industrialist, Harry Vissering, this very complete history of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's development of the Zeppelin airships is considered to be one of the finest documents on lighter-than-air vehicles of its time.Amazingly beginning his experiments in 189, at the late age of 52, the book details ... Read more

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  • Zeppelin

    Enriched edition. The Story of a Great Achievement

    by Harry Vissering, Hailey Bishop ...
    In "Zeppelin," Harry Vissering masterfully explores the intertwining narratives of ambition, innovation, and hubris against the backdrop of early 20th-century aviation. Richly detailed and infused with a poignant sense of historical context, the novel merges factual accounts of the zeppelin era with compelling fictional characters, offering readers an immersive experience. Vissering's prose ... Read more

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  • Zeppelin (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. The Story of a Great Achievement

    by Harry Vissering, Orla Henswick ...
    Harry Vissering's Zeppelin is a concise yet expansive account of the rigid airship as both engineering triumph and cultural symbol. Blending technical exposition, historical narrative, and the elevated prose characteristic of early aviation writing, the book situates Count Zeppelin's invention within the broader modern fascination with flight, speed, and mechanical mastery. Its pages move between ... Read more

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    The Tom Swift Collection: 25+ Novels. Illustrated: Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle, Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, Tom Swift and His Airship, and Others brings together more than twenty-five thrilling adventures from one of the most beloved and enduring series in classic juvenile science fiction and invention-driven storytelling. Follow the fearless young inventor Tom Swift as he races across land, ... Read more

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  • Lost on the Moon

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    After learning of a diamond field on the Moon, our crew heads for the satellite, where they discover a petrified city populated by petrified people. ... Read more

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    The Story of Spaceflight before NASA

    by Amy Shira Teitel ...
    The incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer.In the 1930s, rockets were all the ... Read more

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  • Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship

    An Arctic Adventure of Invention and Discovery

    by Victor Appleton ...
    In "Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship," Victor Appleton crafts an exhilarating adventure that combines elements of science fiction and technology with the classic themes of courage and ingenuity. This novel, part of the iconic Tom Swift series, immerses readers in a frigid landscape where the protagonist confronts not only physical challenges of navigating treacherous ice ... Read more

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    Tom Swift and His Motor Boat is the second book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading." "These spirited tales convey in a realistic way, the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion and other successful inventions. Stories like these ... Read more

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