The Aeronauts: Travels In The Air

Author: James Glaisher

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  • : 30.00 NZD
  • : 9781612197968
  • : Melville House Publishing
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  • : 0.368317
  • : July 2019
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  • : James Glaisher
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  • : Paperback
  • : 1908
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  • : English
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Description

In 1862, ambitious scientist James Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than ever before. A pioneer of weather forecasting and of photography, he wanted to take ground-breaking research measurements from different altitudes. Before aeroplanes, the only unpredictable available method of air transportation was the hot air balloon. This is his memoir, detailing death-defying air ballon journeys in his own words. Soon to be a movie starring Eddie Redmayne as Glaisher.