The Aeronauts: A History of Ballooning 1783-1903
- ISBN-10
- 0862992133
- ISBN-13
- 9780862992132
- Category
- Balloons
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Author
- L. T. C. Rolt
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