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| fixed length control field |
01610cam a2200301 a 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
2008023423 |
| CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
DLC |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20111104 .0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
080528s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2008023423 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780061259197 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0061259195 |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TL671.2 |
| Item number |
.S67 2008 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Spenser, Jay P. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The airplane : |
| Remainder of title |
how ideas gave us wings / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jay Spenser. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
HarperCollins, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2008. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 340 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Smithsonian books. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Conception: the thinker and the dreamer -- Birth: Wilbur, Orville, and the world -- Configuration: shapes and ideas -- Fuselage: of drums and dragonflies -- Wings, part I : from box kites to bridges -- Wings, part II : cloud-cutting cantilevers -- Empennage: whale flukes and arrow feathers -- Flight controls: the chariot's reins -- Flight deck: cockpits for aerial ships -- Aero propulsion: Prometheus is pushing -- Landing gear: shoes, canoes, and carriage wheels -- Passenger cabin: voyaging aloft -- Systems integration: making flying safer -- Today's state of the art: the Boeing 787 Dreamliner -- Postscript: tomorrow's wings: future air travel technologies. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The inside story of how people invented and refined the airplane. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Airplanes |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Aeronautics |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| d |
629.13 SPE |
| c |
342 |
