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041			_aEnglish
082			_a387.732 _bTOL
100			_aToland, John
245			_aThe great dirigibles; their triumphs and disasters. _cJohn Toland
260			_aNew York : _bDover Publications, _c1972.
300			_a352 pages : _billustrations; _c22 cm
505			_tThe amazing Dr. Solomon Andrews -- _tThe man in the wicker basket -- _tPhoenix at Echterdingen -- _tShips at war -- _tThe flying "Lemon" -- _t"Daughters of the stars" -- _tThe line squall -- _tBreakup -- _tFlight of the Norge -- _tThe Italia -- _tWilderness of the ice -- _tThe millionth chance -- _t"Queen of the skies" -- _tThree came back -- _tThe happiest ship -- _tDown to the sea -- _tTwilight of the gods --
520			_aRecounts the eighty-year history of dirigibles, from the American airships the Shenandoah, the Macon, and the Akron, to the German Hindenburg, and includes the disasters and triumphs of builders and aeronauts such as Dr. Solomon Andrews, the Brazilian Santos-Dumont, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, and the Italian Nobile.
650			_aAirships -- History.
650			_aFrictional resistance (Hydrodynamics)
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS