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A History of Aeronautics

Evelyn Charles Vivian · Engineering_and_Technology · 54 章

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A HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS FOREWORD 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 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.INDEX FOOTNOTES THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE