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LoC No.: 23016177
Title: Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement
Note: Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed
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Summary: "Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement" by Harry Vissering is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and innovations of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a key figure in the development of rigid airships and the aviation industry. It highlights Zeppelin’s vision for aerial transportation, covering his numerous designs and the successful flights of his airships that influenced both military and commercial aviation. The opening of the text introduces Count Zeppelin as a military officer who turned his attention towards creating airships. It recounts his early life and military career, followed by his fascination with flight sparked during the American Civil War and later experiences in Europe. The text further delineates his relentless pursuit of funding and support for his airship projects, culminating in the successful first flight of his rigid airship, LZ-1, in 1900. This revolutionized transportation, placing Zeppelin at the forefront of aerial innovation, which the book promises to explore in greater detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Vissering, Harry
EBook No.: 32570
Published: May 28, 2010
Downloads: 296
Language: English
Subject: Aeronautics, Military
Subject: Airships
Subject: Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von, 1838-1917
Subject: Aeronautics, Commercial
LoCC: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 23016177
Title: Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement
Note: Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Summary: "Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement" by Harry Vissering is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and innovations of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a key figure in the development of rigid airships and the aviation industry. It highlights Zeppelin’s vision for aerial transportation, covering his numerous designs and the successful flights of his airships that influenced both military and commercial aviation. The opening of the text introduces Count Zeppelin as a military officer who turned his attention towards creating airships. It recounts his early life and military career, followed by his fascination with flight sparked during the American Civil War and later experiences in Europe. The text further delineates his relentless pursuit of funding and support for his airship projects, culminating in the successful first flight of his rigid airship, LZ-1, in 1900. This revolutionized transportation, placing Zeppelin at the forefront of aerial innovation, which the book promises to explore in greater detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Vissering, Harry
EBook No.: 32570
Published: May 28, 2010
Downloads: 296
Language: English
Subject: Aeronautics, Military
Subject: Airships
Subject: Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von, 1838-1917
Subject: Aeronautics, Commercial
LoCC: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.