Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky

Fourteen printed papers on dirigibles, aerodynamics, astrophysics, philosophy, universal orthography, etc. Kaluga: published by the author, 1914–1930



Together 14 volumes.  Text diagrams and tables; scattered chipping, variable browning, few stains.  original printed wrappers; variously preserved.

Fourteen printed papers on dirigibles, aerodynamics, astrophysics, philosophy, universal orthography, etc. Kaluga: published by the author, 1914–1930 Together 14 volumes. Text diagrams and tables; scattered chipping, variable browning, few stains. original printed wrappers; variously preserved.
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Checklist: Nirvana, 1914.  A table of corrugated steel dirigibles, 1915.  Additional technical data on constructing the metal shell for a dirigible..., 1915.  The gondola of a metal dirigible and its control systems, 1918.  A corrugated-steel dirigible, 1928.  Air-resistance and a rapid train, 1927.  Supplement to The formation of solar systems, 1928.  Literary responses, 1928.  My typewriter; with other papers, 1928.  The intellect and the passions, 1928.  The will of the universe; with, Unknown forces of the intellect, 1928 (colophon 1929).  The Earth's past, 1928 (colophon 1929).  The present state of the Earth, 1929.  The pressure on a plane moving through the air, 1930 (colophon 1929).