The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784; with a word on the importance of balooning for the science of heat and for the art of building railroads (1983)
Gillispie, Charles Coulston (Author)
Princeton University Press
Physical Details: xi + 210 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index
Review Chaplain-Nougaret, Ch. (1986) Review of "The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784; with a word on the importance of balooning for the science of heat and for the art of building railroads". Revue Historique (pp. 515-16).
Review Payen, J. (1986) Review of "The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784; with a word on the importance of balooning for the science of heat and for the art of building railroads". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 364-66).
Review Moyer, G. (1984) Review of "The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784; with a word on the importance of balooning for the science of heat and for the art of building railroads". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 305-6).
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