Story of the Aeroplane
by C. B. Galbreath
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Galbreath, C. B. (Charles Burleigh), 1858-1934
- Credits
- Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.bookcove.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
- Subject
- Airplanes -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38758
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38758
- Release Date
- February 3, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Table of Contents
- 3.The Ocean of Air
- 4.Early Attempts at Aviation
- 5.Early Flying Machines
- 6.Nineteenth Century Experiments
- 7.Claims of Maxim and Ader
- 8.Langley’s Tandem Monoplane
- 9.Experiments with Gliders
- 10.Aviation at the Beginning of the Present Century
- 11.The Kite
- 12.The “Plane” Defined
- 13.Essentials of the Aeroplane
- 14.The Wright Brothers and Their Problem
- 15.Balancing the Machine
- 16.At Kitty Hawk
- 17.The First Flight
- 18.Machine Balanced by Warping of Planes
- 19.Newspaper Reports Verified
- 20.Trial Flights at Fort Meyer
- 21.Fatal Accident
- 22.Wilbur Wright Wins Fame in France
- 23.Wright Brothers Honored
- 24.United States Government Requirements Successfully Met
- 25.Recent Improvements
- 26.Future of the Aeroplane
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