The Mastery of the Air

About this eBook

Author

Claxton, William J.

Title

The mastery of the air

Credits

Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Subject

Aeronautics

Category

Text

eBook-No.

777

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/777

Release Date

January 1, 1997

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MASTERY OF THE AIR
2. 2.By William J. Claxton
3. 3.PREFACE — THE MASTERY OF THE AIR
4. 4.PART I. BALLOONS AND AIR-SHIPS
5. 5.CHAPTER I. Man's Duel with Nature
6. 6.CHAPTER II. The French Paper-maker who Invented the Balloon
7. 7.CHAPTER III. The First Man to Ascend in a Balloon
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. The First Balloon Ascent in England
9. 9.CHAPTER V. The Father of British Aeronauts
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. The Parachute
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. Some British Inventors of Air-ships
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. The First Attempts to Steer a Balloon
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. The Strange Career of Count Zeppelin
14. 14.CHAPTER X. A Zeppelin Air-ship and its Construction
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. The Semi-rigid Air-ship
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. A Non-rigid Balloon
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. The Zeppelin and Gotha Raids
18. 18.PART II. AEROPLANES AND AIRMEN
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. Early Attempts in Aviation
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. A Pioneer in Aviation
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. The "Human Birds"
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. The Aeroplane and the Bird
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. A Great British Inventor of Aeroplanes
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. The Wright Brothers and their Secret Experiments
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. The Internal-combustion Engine
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. The Internal-combustion Engine(Cont.)
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. The Aeroplane Engine
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. A Famous British Inventor of Aviation Engines
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. The Wright Biplane (Camber of Planes)
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. The Wright Biplane (Cont.)
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. How the Wrights launched their Biplane
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. The First Man to Fly in Europe
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. M. Bleriot and the Monoplane
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. Henri Farman and the Voisin Biplane
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. A Famous British Inventor
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. The Romance of a Cowboy Aeronaut
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. Three Historic Flights
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. Three Historic Flights (Cont.)
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. The Hydroplane and Air-boat
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. A Famous British Inventor of the Water-plane
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. Sea-planes for Warfare
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. The First Man to Fly in Britain
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. Aeroplanes in the Great War
45. 45.CHAPTER XL. The Atmosphere and the Barometer
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. How an Airman Knows what Height he Reaches
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. How an Airman finds his Way
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. The First Airman to Fly Upside Down
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. The First Englishman to Fly Upside Down
50. 50.CHAPTER XLV. Accidents and their Cause
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI. Accidents and their Cause (Cont.)
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII. Accidents and their Cause (Cont.)
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVIII. Some Technical Terms used by Aviators
54. 54.CHAPTER XLIX. The Future in the Air

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