Aeronautics: Scientific Basis and Development

Naidenov, Vasiliy Fedeorovich

Verlag: 'Obrazovaniye', 1910

Beschreibung

N.p., Obrazovaniye, 1910. 8vo, 241 p., later blue cloth with title in white ink to spine and original wraps bound in. First edition of this rare work on aeronautics and balloon technology, and one of the first works on the subject to be printed in Russian. Naidenov was a commander in the Russian Army, a military engineer and a teacher of descriptive geometry, mechanics, mathematics at the Nikolaev Engineering Academy and School. He later taught at the St Petersburg Polytechnic Institute where together with V. Kaznetzov, and A. Lebedev he authored some of the very first treatises on aircraft design, aerodynamics, and flight dynamics in Russian. In 1911, he oversaw the publication of the monthly journal Tekhnika vozdukhoplavaniya ( Aeronautical Technique ) but this brief work on balloon aircraft predates that by one year. Profusely illustrated with line drawings, schematics and photographs throughout. Some light tanning to text block, scattered marginalia to a few pages, notations and stamps to rear wrap; signature at p 238/ starting gently, else a sound copy of a rare work, with no copies in OCLC. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1692396633270

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Aeronautics: Scientific Basis and Development

Verlag: 'Obrazovaniye'

Erscheinungsdatum: 1910

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition