Size 6.0 x 9.25 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 263pp. With b/w photographs and diagrams. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. The story of the Wright Brothers. Focussing on the process of invention, the author first defines the problem of how the flying machine was understood and then describes how the Wrights identified and solved a range of technical problems.

PETER L.JAKAB, Visions, Flying Machine, Wright Brothers, Process, Invention, Smithsonian History, Aviation, problem, identified, solved, technical problems, dustwrapper first edition Aviation photographs