1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395075403316

Autore

Pond Edward <d. 1629.>

Titolo

Pond 1636. An almanack for the yeare of our Lord Christ MDCXXXVI [[electronic resource] ] : Being bissextile or leap-yeare and since the creation of the world 5585.  Lately amplified with many things of very good vse, both for pleasure and profit. / / Exactly rectified according to art by Edvvard Pond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Cambridge], : Printed by the Printers to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge., [1636]

Descrizione fisica

[47] p. : ill

Soggetti

Ephemerides

Astrology

Almanacs17th century.England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.).

Title within ornamental border, headpieces, initials.

Signatures: A-C⁸.

Reproduction of original in: Edinburgh University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0046



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910708687803321

Autore

Douhet Giulio <1869-1930, >

Titolo

The command of the air / / by Giulio Douhet ; translated by Dino Ferrari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, : Air University Press

Disciplina

358.4/03

Soggetti

Air power

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Italian soldier and writer Giulio Douhet (1869-1930) lived during a time of great innovation and change in the conduct of war. He began formulating his theories on air warfare as early as 1909 and commanded one of the world's first air units as Italy entered World War I in 1915. His writings, though controversial in his time, have so influenced air doctrine that they continue to be essential, fundamental reading for students and policy makers worldwide. The Command of the Air actually is the title of Book I presented herein, the standalone book Douhet published in 1921. Almost from the time of the first translations of Douhet's writings, several other of his seminal pieces ("The Probable Aspects of the War of the Future," "Recapitulation," and "The War of 19-") were assembled as a collection under the familiar title of his most famous work"--