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A History of Aeronautics

A History of Aeronautics

by Evelyn Charles Vivian

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Author
Marsh, W. Lockwood (William Lockwood), 1886-1963
Credits
Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Subject
Aeronautics -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
874
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/874
Release Date
April 1, 1997
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS
  2. 2.by E. Charles Vivian
  3. 3.FOREWORD
  4. 4.PART I. THE EVOLUTION OF THE AEROPLANE
  5. 5.I. THE PERIOD OF LEGEND
  6. 6.II. EARLY EXPERIMENTS
  7. 7.III. SIR GEORGE CAYLEY—THOMAS WALKER
  8. 8.IV. THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  9. 9.V. WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS
  10. 10.VI. THE AGE OF THE GIANTS
  11. 11.VII. LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER
  12. 12.VIII. AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS
  13. 13.IX. NOT PROVEN
  14. 14.X. SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY
  15. 15.XI. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
  16. 16.XII. THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST
  17. 17.XIII. FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND
  18. 18.XIV. RHEIMS, AND AFTER
  19. 19.XV. THE CHANNEL CROSSING
  20. 20.XVI. LONDON TO MANCHESTER
  21. 21.XVII. A SUMMARY, TO 1911
  22. 22.XVIII. A SUMMARY, TO 1914
  23. 23.XIX. THE WAR PERIOD—I
  24. 24.XX. THE WAR PERIOD—II
  25. 25.XXI. RECONSTRUCTION
  26. 26.XXII. 1919-20
  27. 27.PART II. 1903-1920: PROGRESS IN DESIGN — By Lieut.-Col. W. Lockwood Marsh
  28. 28.I. THE BEGINNINGS
  29. 29.II. MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS
  30. 30.III. PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES
  31. 31.IV. THE WAR PERIOD
  32. 32.PART III. AEROSTATICS
  33. 33.I. BEGINNINGS
  34. 34.II. THE FIRST DIRIGIBLES
  35. 35.III. SANTOS-DUMONT
  36. 36.IV. THE MILITARY DIRIGIBLE
  37. 37.V. BRITISH AIRSHIP DESIGN
  38. 38.VI. THE AIRSHIP COMMERCIALLY
  39. 39.VII. KITE BALLOONS
  40. 40.PART IV. ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
  41. 41.I. THE VERTICAL TYPE
  42. 42.II. THE VEE TYPE
  43. 43.III. THE RADIAL TYPE
  44. 44.IV. THE ROTARY TYPE
  45. 45.V. THE HORIZONTALLY-OPPOSED ENGINE
  46. 46.VI. THE TWO-STROKE CYCLE ENGINE
  47. 47.VII. ENGINES OF THE WAR PERIOD
  48. 48.APPENDIX A — GENERAL MENSIER'S REPORT ON THE TRIALS OF CLEMENT ADER'S AVION.
  49. 49.APPENDIX B
  50. 50.APPENDIX C

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