Abstract
THE subject of aërial navigation is steadily developing into one of importance. Invention in this line is progressing so rapidly that the expert who wishes to be up to date must perforce be busy with much new literature. The work before us, by so well-known an aeronaut as M. de Fonvielle, will, then, be eagerly sought for. The student who expects to receive full information on all the recent developments may, however, feel some disappointment when he has looked through the book, since, out of its 270 pages, only some forty are devoted to the very important work which has been accomplished during the last ten years. The rest of the book is historical, throwing, no doubt, much new light on certain points, but, as a whole, containing nothing of importance that is not to be found in older works.
Histoire de la Navigation aérienne.
By W. de Fonvielle. Pp. 271. (Paris: Libraire Hachette et Cie., 1907.)
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Histoire de la Navigation aérienne . Nature 77, 217 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077217a0
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