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Early Technical Aviation--1890

[A. Ritter v. Miller-Hauenfels.] Der mühelose Segelflug der Vögel und die segelnde Luftschiffahrt als Endziel hundertjährigen Strebens.  Vortrag gehalten am 18. Januar 1890 im Polytechnischen Club in Graz  von A. Ritter v. Miller-Hauenfels ...

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Published in Wien by Spielhagen & Schurich, 1890.    9x6 inches, 66pp.  Original printed wrappers with more modern string binding.  Nice copy, formerly the copy of Viktor Silberer and then of the Library of Congress. Good, strong copy.  Scarce.  $175

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In his lectures at Graz Miller-Hauenfels looks at the possibility of human (non-powered, gliding) flight via forward-progression bird flight, basing his work on that of Marey, Lilienthal and Parseval.

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