Bibliograph

The Wright Brothers and the airplane, Louise Spilsbury

Type

Label

The Wright Brothers and the airplane, Louise Spilsbury

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Wright Brothers and the airplane

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

922912330

Responsibility statement

Louise Spilsbury

Series statement

Inventions that changed the world

Summary

Discusses how the Wright brothers invented the airplane, from an idea developed into a design, and as that design was constructed, tested, and improved, as well as how the airplane affected the world and how it still impacts us today

Table Of Contents

The power of flight -- Early years -- Bicycle store -- Experiments in flight -- Testing airplanes -- First flight -- How it worked -- Airplanes take off! -- The idea spreads -- War in the air -- Fame and retirement -- Changing the world

Target audience

juvenile

Classification