01968cam a22003133u 4500001000400000003000700004005001700011006000200028007000500030008004100035040001100076041001700087050000700104100004900111245006000160264005100220300004700271336002600318337002600344338003600370500003100406508004600437520102800483534004501511653001301556653002701569856004101596999001701637861UtSlPG20260610133037.0mcr n260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aTL1 aBacon, John M.q(John Mackenzie),d1846-190414aThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c1997  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 1997-03-01  aProduced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger  a"The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation" by John M. Bacon is a historical account written during the late 19th century. The book explores the fascinating evolution of human endeavors to achieve flight, tracing the thoughts and inventions of early theorists and inventors that paved the way for modern aeronautics.  The opening of the book delves into the earliest ideas surrounding human flight, highlighting thinkers such as Archytas, Roger Bacon, and the Montgolfier brothers, each contributing to the understanding of aeronautics in their time. It recounts intriguing anecdotes and early experiments that blend myth, science, and sheer human ambition as people attempted to conquer the skies. From Bishop Wilkins’ musings on flight to the innovative experiments of the Montgolfier brothers with helium-filled balloons, the beginning sets the stage for a rich narrative on the challenges and milestones in the journey of humanity toward mastering aviation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aBalloons  aAeronautics -- History40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/861  c42980d42980