Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine. (From Wikipedia) More about Octave Chanute:
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Books by Octave Chanute: Additional books by Octave Chanute in the extended shelves: Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Aerial navigation. (New York, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: The cost of railroad freight traffic. ([Chicago, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Flying machines. (Charles C. Thompson co., 1912), also by William James Jackman and Thomas Herbert Russell (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Flying machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship. (The Charles C. Thompson co., 1910), also by William J. Jackman and Thomas Herbert Russell (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: The Kansas City bridge : with an account of the regimen of the Missouri River, and a description of methods used for founding in that river (New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1870., 1870), also by George Shattuck Morison (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: The papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, including the Chanute-Wright letters and other papers of Octave Chanute (McGraw-Hill, 1953), also by Wilbur Wright, Marvin Wilks McFarland, and Orville Wright (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Pioneer work in modern wood preservation (American creosoting company, 1929), also by John Bethel, Samuel Bagster Boulton, and American creosoting company (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Pioneer work in modern wood preservation: Bethel, Boulton, Chanute. Commemorating the twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the American creosoting company. ([Louisville?, Ky., 1929), also by American cresoting company, Samuel Bagster Boulton, and John Bethell (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Pocket-book of aeronautics (Whittaker & co., 1907), also by Hermann W. L. Moedebeck and William Mansergh Varley (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Progress in flying machines (The American Engineer and Railroad Journal, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Progress in flying machines (M.N. Forney, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust) Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910: Progress in flying machines (Lorenz & Herweg, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
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