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Flying Machine: Construction and Operation

Flying Machine: Construction and Operation

by William J. Jackman

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Author
Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947
Title
Flying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern Airship
Credits
Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Subject
Flying-machines
Category
Text
eBook-No.
907
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/907
Release Date
May 1, 1997
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FLYING MACHINE: CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
  2. 2.By W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell — 1912
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.IN MEMORIAM. — FLYING MACHINES: CONSTRUCTION and OPERATION
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. EVOLUTION OF TWO-SURFACE FLYING MACHINE. — By Octave Chanute.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THEORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. MECHANICAL BIRD ACTION
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. VARIOUS FORMS OF FLYING MACHINES.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. CONSTRUCTING A GLIDING MACHINE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. LEARNING TO FLY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. PUTTING ON THE RUDDER.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE REAL FLYING MACHINE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. SELECTION OF THE MOTOR.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. PROPER DIMENSIONS OF MACHINES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. PLANE AND RUDDER CONTROL.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. HOW TO USE THE MACHINE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. PECULIARITIES OF AIRSHIP POWER.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. ABOUT WIND CURRENTS, ETC.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE ELEMENT OF DANGER.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. RADICAL CHANGES BEING MADE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. SOME OF THE NEW DESIGNS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. DEMAND FOR FLYING MACHINES.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. LAW OF THE AIRSHIP.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. SOARING FLIGHT. — By Octave Chanute.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. FLYING MACHINES VS. BALLOONS.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. PROBLEMS OF AERIAL FLIGHT.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. AMATEURS MAY USE WRIGHT PATENTS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. HINTS ON PROPELLER CONSTRUCTION.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. NEW MOTORS AND DEVICES.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. MONOPLANES, TRIPLANES, MULTIPLANES.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. 1911 AEROPLANE RECORDS. — THE WORLD AT LARGE.
  32. 32.NOTABLE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS OF 1911.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. GLOSSARY OF AERONAUTICAL TERMS.
  34. 34.Footnotes:

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