Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 2525249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles Harvard |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibbs-Smith |
| SIGNATURE | GIBBS-SMITH C H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
Sir George Cayley* 'Father of aerial navigation' (1773-1857)
The first man-carrying aeroplane to make powered, sustained and controlled flights, and land on ground as high as that from which it took off, was the Flyer of Wilbur and Orville Wright which made four flights by the Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina during the morning of 17 December 1903; the best of these performances lasted for fifty-nine seconds, during which the machine covered 852 feet of ground and—on account of the brisk breeze—travelled…
Places: A Volume of Travel in Space and Time: Places Which Have Delighted, Intrigued and Intimidated Men
Places: A Volume of Travel in Space and Time: Places Which Have Delighted, Intrigued and Intimidated Men
Sir George Cayley* 'Father of aerial navigation' (1773-1857)
The first man-carrying aeroplane to make powered, sustained and controlled flights, and land on ground as high as that from which it took off, was the Flyer of Wilbur and Orville Wright which made four flights by the Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina during the morning of 17 December 1903; the best of these performances lasted for fifty-nine seconds, during which the machine covered 852 feet of ground and—on account of the brisk breeze—travelled…
The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
Art (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · History and Developments in Astronomy (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Aeronautics (1 works) · Aerospace Engineering (1 works) · Aerospace Engineering (1 works) · Aileron (1 works) · Architecture and Art History Studies (1 works) · Art history (1 works)