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      Smithson’S Gamble

      Tom D. Crouch

      Discover the incredible history of the Smithsonian as it grew to meet the needs of a nation

      The English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson never visited the United States, yet…

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      Aiming for the Stars: The Dreamers and Doers of the Space Age

      Tom D. Crouch

      Explores the motivations, goals, trials, and triumphs of the people who pioneered space exploration from the sixteenth century to the modern era. Linking individual obsessions and achievements with the political…

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      The Bishop’s Boys: Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

      Tom D. Crouch

      The early years of the Wright brothers are chronicled in this biography, which tells the story of their indomitable father, Bishop Wright, and his wife, from whom they inherited their…

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      A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905

      Tom D. Crouch

      The story of the talented American engineers and adventurers who labored to conquer gravity in a flying machine.

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      Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age

      Tom D. Crouch

      The invention of the aeroplane ushered in the modern age. Tom Crouch tells how the enthusiasm of amateurs spawned an industry that determined the rise and fall of nations.

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      Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics… And What Came Before

      Tom D. Crouch

      Offers an historical account of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - and its predecessor organizations, the American Rocket Society and The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences - and…

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      Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships

      Tom D. Crouch (Senior Curator, Rm 3309/MRC 312)

      Crouch, Lighter Than Air brings to life the color and excitement of buoyant flight.

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      First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane

      Dr Tom D Crouch

      Describes the Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio and the events that lead to the world’s first successful flight of a man-carrying, power-driven, heavier-than-air machine. The Wright brothers’ first flight occurred…

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      Military Ballooning During the Early Civil War

      F.Stansbury Haydon

      Explores the creation of the US Balloon Corps during the Civil War. The author examines every detail from the amount of fabric used to manufacture balloons, to the formula for…

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      The Sky on Fire: The First Battle of Britain, 1917-1918

      Raymond Hector Fredette

      An overview of the developments and deployments of air power in World War I, which forshadowed the decisive role air power played in the World War II and continues to…

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