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Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Bonnie A. Osif
August 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
600 pages
25h 45m
English
CRC Press
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Aeronautical and
Aerospace Engineering
Thomas W. Conkling
INTRODUCTION, HISTORY, AND SCOPE OF DISCIPLINE
The idea of ight has always intrigued mankind, but it was only a little over 100 years ago that pow-
ered manned ight was achieved. The rst successful demonstration of a ying machine is usually
credited to the Montgoler brothers’ hot air balloon that ew in June of 1783. Sir George Cayley
investigated the aerodynamics of xed wing ight in the early 1800s, and designed the rst man-
carrying glider. Otto Lilienthal’s pioneering work with manned glider ight between 1891 and 1896
advanced the eld, and Samuel Langley successfully tested ...
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