Abstract
“A NARRATIVE History of Aviation” is a title both bold and comprehensive enough to suit the most captious person. Unfortunately, this book falls far short of justifying either of these adjectives. One of the most essential requirements of the historian is a sense of proportion, unless he is producing an encyclopædic production continuing to many volumes. ‘Scissors and paste’ may have legitimate functions, but they are not for the writer of history, as their use means sacrificing whole batches of facts contained in the lopped-off portions. ‘Precis’ is rather his refuge.
A Narrative History of Aviation.
John Gold-strom. Pp. xii + 319 + 32 plates. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1930.) 17s. net.
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A Narrative History of Aviation . Nature 126, 911–912 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126911b0
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