Aeroplanes
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I. THEORIES AND FACTS ABOUT FLYING3. CHAPTER IV. FORE AND AFT CONTROL The Bird Type of Fore and Aft Control. Angle and Direction of Flight. Why Should the Angle of the Body Change. Changing Angle of Body not Safe. A Non-changing Body. Descending Positions by Power Control. Cutting off the Power. The Starting Movement. The Suggested Type. The Low Center of Gravity. Fore and Aft Oscillations. Application of the New Principle. Low Weight not Necessary with Synchronously- moving wings.4. CHAPTER XV. THE AEROPLANE IN THE GREAT WAR Balloon Observations. Changed Conditions in Warfare. The Effort to Conceal Combatants. Smokeless Powder. Inventions to Attack Aerial Craft. Functions of the Aeroplane in War. Bomb-throwing Tests. Method for Determining the Movement of a Bomb. The Great Extent of Modern Battle Lines. The Aeroplane Detecting the Movements of Armies. The Effective Height for Scouting. Sizes of Objects at Great Distances. Some Daring Feats in War. The German Taube. How Aeroplanes Report Observations. Signal Flags. How Used. Casualties Due to Bombs From Aeroplanes.5. CHAPTER I6. CHAPTER II7. CHAPTER III8. CHAPTER IV9. CHAPTER V10. CHAPTER VI11. CHAPTER VII12. CHAPTER VIII13. CHAPTER IX14. CHAPTER X15. CHAPTER XI16. CHAPTER XII17. CHAPTER XIII18. CHAPTER XIV19. CHAPTER XV