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W. Lockwood Marsh, Evelyn Charles Vivian
A History of Aeronautics
Published by Good Press, 2019
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EAN 4064066182229
Table of Contents
Part I THE EVOLUTION OF THE AEROPLANE
I THE PERIOD OF LEGEND
II EARLY EXPERIMENTS
III SIR GEORGE CAYLEY—THOMAS WALKER
IV THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY
V WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS
VI THE AGE OF THE GIANTS
VII LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER
VIII AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS
IX NOT PROVEN
X SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY
XI THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
XII THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST
XIII FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND
XIV RHEIMS, AND AFTER
XV THE CHANNEL CROSSING
XVI LONDON TO MANCHESTER
XVII A SUMMARY, TO 1911
XVIII A SUMMARY, TO 1914
XIX THE WAR PERIOD—I
XX THE WAR PERIOD—II
XXI RECONSTRUCTION
XXII 1919–20
Part II 1903–1920: PROGRESS IN DESIGN
I THE BEGINNINGS
II MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS
III PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES
IV THE WAR PERIOD
Part III AEROSTATICS
I BEGINNINGS
II THE FIRST DIRIGIBLES
III SANTOS-DUMONT
IV THE MILITARY DIRIGIBLE
V BRITISH AIRSHIP DESIGN
VI THE AIRSHIP COMMERCIALLY
VII KITE BALLOONS
Part IV ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
I THE VERTICAL TYPE
II THE VEE TYPE
III THE RADIAL TYPE
IV THE ROTARY TYPE
V THE HORIZONTALLY-OPPOSED ENGINE
VI THE TWO-STROKE CYCLE ENGINE
VII ENGINES OF THE WAR PERIOD
APPENDIX A GENERAL MENSIER’s REPORT ON THE TRIALS OF CLEMENT ADER’S ‘AVION.’
Report on the trials of M. Clement Ader’s aviation apparatus.
Annex to the Report of October 21st.
APPENDIX B Specification and Claims of Wright Patent, No. 821393. Filed March 23rd, 1903. Issued May 22nd, 1906. Expires May 22nd, 1923.
APPENDIX C Proclamation published by the French Government on balloon ascents, 1783.
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AERONAUTICS.
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