First attempt to fly across the English Channel... "Baseball At Night"...
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July 31, 1909
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, NY, July 31, 1909
* First attempt to fly across the English Channel
* Early airplane - aviation
* Baseball
The front page has two halfpg. photos: "The First Attempt to Fly Across The English Channel." The top photo shows Hubert Latham in flight above the English Channel, & the bottom shows Latham taking off from the cliff at Sangatte, France (see photos). There is a report inside about Latham's failed attempt to cross the Channel, plus two more photos.
Another page has a report headed: "Baseball At Night". The report describes the successful experiment using lights to illuminate the "Cincinnati National League Baseball Park". Mentions that George F. Cahill, the inventor of the lamps used to light the field, also invented an "ingenious" pitching machine "...which has been used with much success." Includes a photo of one of the "powerful projectors", and a view of the field under the lights (see photos).
Sixteen pages, bit of lite staining in the upper margin, has small binding holes in the left margin.
* First attempt to fly across the English Channel
* Early airplane - aviation
* Baseball
The front page has two halfpg. photos: "The First Attempt to Fly Across The English Channel." The top photo shows Hubert Latham in flight above the English Channel, & the bottom shows Latham taking off from the cliff at Sangatte, France (see photos). There is a report inside about Latham's failed attempt to cross the Channel, plus two more photos.
Another page has a report headed: "Baseball At Night". The report describes the successful experiment using lights to illuminate the "Cincinnati National League Baseball Park". Mentions that George F. Cahill, the inventor of the lamps used to light the field, also invented an "ingenious" pitching machine "...which has been used with much success." Includes a photo of one of the "powerful projectors", and a view of the field under the lights (see photos).
Sixteen pages, bit of lite staining in the upper margin, has small binding holes in the left margin.
Category: The 20th Century
