Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst. (Bird Flight as the basis for Aviation).

Munich: Oldenbourg, 1943,

Reprint of the edition of 1889. quarto, original decorated brown boards. 8, (196)pp. Oldenbourg, Item #21956

With an introduction by L. Prandtl. Frontispiece in color. With eight folding charts. With numerous in-text illustrattions and graphs. Lilienthal applied the results of his experiments in bird-flight to the problem of human flight. This book is the first textbook of mechanical flight. Corners very slightly bumped - a fine, clean copy.

Price: $75.00

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