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This important work of history tells the story of the aviation pioneers who devoted their lives, and often their fortunes, to the evolution of the aeroplane as it exists today. As early as November 1809 Sir George Cayley published a masterly essay practically inventing the aeroplane. It lay forgotten for 62 years, until found by Alphonse Pénaud. In August 1871 Pénaud flew his Planophore, the first model to resemble a modern aeroplane. He had discovered the secret of inherent longitudinal stability. The first flying machine built by Clément Ader, in 1889, was the Eole. Powered by a steam...

The volume aims to convey an impression of the richness and fascination of Romance Philology and the infinite variety of the contours and contents of the field of Romance Studies. The author was less concerned with developing novel theoretical models, but rather wanted to trace the manifestations of the most important stages in the development of the subject area and – wherever possible – to complement them with his own contributions.

The purpose of these volumes is to recognize and disseminate the essay production of one of the most important figures of the literary history of the country and Latin America.

En el octavo libro de su Historia natural, Plinio el viejo escribió la descripción más extensa y sistemática de los elefantes. Aristóteles, Plutarco y Marco Polo, entre otros, admiraban su inteligencia y observaron que, además de ser sensible a los placeres del amor y la gloria, el animal posee nociones de honestidad, prudencia y equidad. En este trabajo exhaustivo, José Emilio Burucúa y Nicolás Kwiatkowski recorren pinturas, bestiarios medievales y los más diversos textos del arte, la religión, la ciencia y la mitología para entender que, en última instancia, un mundo sin...