Moedebeck, 1906, Die Luftschiffahrt, ihre Vergangenheit und ihre Zukunft, insbesondere das Luftschiff im Verkehr und im Kriege
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Divided into two parts as implied by the title.
Mainly gives credit to the French for early ballooning; the section on airships in Germany begins in the 1870s and at first is mainly focused on the work of meteorologists (especially the group connected with the International Commission for Scientific Aeronautics).
There's a brief section on nascent airplane technology mentioning Ferber and the Wrights.
| Original title | Die Luftschiffahrt, ihre Vergangenheit und ihre Zukunft, insbesondere das Luftschiff im Verkehr und im Kriege |
|---|---|
| Simple title | Airship, its past and its future, especially the airship in traffic and war |
| Authors | Hermann Moedebeck |
| Date | 1906 |
| Countries | DE |
| Languages | de |
| Keywords | airship, history, future, airship, traffic, war, military, Lebaudy Frères, Zeppelin, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, sport, International Commission for Scientific Aeronautics |
| Journal | |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 143 |
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Sources
- Brockett 1910, page 594, entry 8642: Moedebeck, H. W. L. Die Luftschiffahrt, ihre Vergangenheit und ihre Zukunft, insbesondere das Luftschiff im Verkehr und im Kriege. Strassburg, Verlag von Karl J. Trübner, 1906, 8°, 2 vols., pp. vi+137, ills. 71. (8642
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