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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593842379 (hbk.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593842375 (hbk.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593842362 (pbk.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593842367 (pbk.) |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) i9780593842379 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
CaNSH |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
CaNSH |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
629.1309 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Nahum, Andrew. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Flight / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
written by Andrew Nahum. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Revised edition. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
American edition. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
New edition. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
DK Publishing, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2024. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
72 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (chiefly color) ; |
| Dimensions |
29 cm |
| SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
DK eyewitness books |
| SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Eyewitness books |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
At head of title: Eyewitness. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
First published in 1990. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Fly like a bird -- Lighter than air -- Gliding aloft -- Powered flight -- The first airplanes -- Flying aces -- Double wings -- The evolving plane -- Light aircraft -- Aero-engines -- The propeller -- Flying the world -- The jet age -- Jet propulsion -- Landing gear -- Controlling the plane -- In the cockpit -- On the flight deck -- Flying instruments -- Rotating wings -- Helicopter -- War in the air -- Hot-air balloon -- Airship -- A modern glider -- Plain sailing -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how our ability to take to the skies has shaped human history. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Aeronautics |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Airplanes |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Flight |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Flying-machines |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Transportation |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| a |
629.13 NAH 446 |
