A History of Aeronautics
Evelyn Charles Vivian and W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) Marsh
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. I THE PERIOD OF LEGEND4. II EARLY EXPERIMENTS5. III SIR GEORGE CAYLEY—THOMAS WALKER6. IV THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY7. V WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS8. VI THE AGE OF THE GIANTS9. VII LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER10. VIII AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS11. IX NOT PROVEN12. X SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY13. XI THE WRIGHT BROTHERS14. XII THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST15. XIII FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND16. XIV RHEIMS, AND AFTER17. XV THE CHANNEL CROSSING18. XVI LONDON TO MANCHESTER19. XVII A SUMMARY, TO 191120. XVIII A SUMMARY, TO 191421. XIX THE WAR PERIOD—I22. XX THE WAR PERIOD—II23. XXI RECONSTRUCTION24. XXII 1919–2025. Part II 1903–1920: PROGRESS IN DESIGN26. I THE BEGINNINGS27. II MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS28. III PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES29. IV THE WAR PERIOD30. I BEGINNINGS31. II THE FIRST DIRIGIBLES32. III SANTOS-DUMONT33. IV THE MILITARY DIRIGIBLE34. V BRITISH AIRSHIP DESIGN35. VI THE AIRSHIP COMMERCIALLY36. VII KITE BALLOONS37. I THE VERTICAL TYPE38. II THE VEE TYPE39. III THE RADIAL TYPE40. IV THE ROTARY TYPE41. V THE HORIZONTALLY-OPPOSED ENGINE42. VI THE TWO-STROKE CYCLE ENGINE43. VII ENGINES OF THE WAR PERIOD44. APPENDIX A GENERAL MENSIER’s REPORT ON THE TRIALS OF CLEMENT ADER’S ‘AVION.’45. APPENDIX B Specification and Claims of Wright Patent, No. 821393. Filed March 23rd, 1903. Issued May 22nd, 1906. Expires May 22nd, 1923.46. APPENDIX C Proclamation published by the French Government on balloon ascents, 1783.47. A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AERONAUTICS.48. INDEX