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Author Gregory, Josh.

Title From birds to-- aircraft / by Josh Gregory.

Imprint Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Pub., c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Jumpstart Non-Fiction  629.1 GREGORY    ---  Available
Description 32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Series 21st century skills innovation library. Innovations from nature
Note Includes glossary.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Contents Up in the air - First in flight - The first airplanes - Flying into the future - Famous flyers.
Summary Introducing biomimicry, this book describes Frank Whittle's and Hans von Ohain's ideas for jet engines by the research of the shapes of bird wings performed by Otto Lilienthal.
Audience 4-8 Medialog, Inc.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 6.1 1.0 quiz: 153406
Subject Aeronautics.
Airplanes.
Birds -- Flight.
ISBN 9781610804974 (lib.)
9781610806718 (pbk.)

 
    
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