GENERAL INDEX.
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Accident to my large machine, 138
Action of aeroplanes and power required, 100
Adjustment of birds’ wings, 19
Admiralty specification for a steamship, 48
Advantages of driving aeroplanes on to new air, 140
Advantages and disadvantages of very narrow planes, 143
Aeroplanes:—
Action of, 31, 32, 100
Advantageous angle of, 139
Advantages and disadvantages of very narrow, 143
Advan„ages arising from driving aeroplanes on to new air, 140
Curvature of, 145
Evolution of a wide aeroplane, 102
Experiments with, 49-59
Fabric covered, 131
Lifting effect of, 141
Lifting surface of, 103
Philipps’ sustainers, 146
Reduction of projected horizontal area, 3, 4
Shape and efficiency of, 99
Superposed, 144, 146
Testing fabrics for, 50
The paradox aeroplane, 88
Air currents and the flight of birds, 11
Air cu„rentsConclusions regarding, 21
Air cu„rentsAlpes Maritimes, 17
Air cu„rentsMediterranean, 18
Air cu„rentsMid-Atlantic, 16
Air cu„rents2,000 feet above the earth’s surface, 22
Air cu„rentswitnessed at Cadiz, 20
Angles and degrees compared, 115
Antoinette motor, The, 89
Balloons, 120
Bal„oons spiders, 27
Birds as thermo-dynamic machines, 153
Bi„ds Two classes of, 23
Bleriot’s machine, 113
Boiler experiments, 156
Brayton’s gas engine, 154
British war balloon, 159, 162
Building up of my large screws, 41
Burner employed in my experiments, 157
Character of text-books recently published, 1
Circulation of air produced by differences in temperature, 27
Cody’s kite, 28, 30
Comparative value of different motors, 151
Conclusions regarding air currents, 21
Condensers, Testing of, 52
Condenser tubes, 60
Continental flying machines, 9
Crystal Palace experiments, 72-76
Darwin on the flight of condors, 11
Deflection of air coming in contact with aeroplanes, 2
De la Grange machine, The, 110
“Dirigible” No 2, 159, 162
Drift at various distances from center to center, Table of, 58
Dynagraphs, 136
Dynamic energy of animals, 127
Eagles, Flight of, 19
Efficiency of screw propellers, 147
Effici„ncy of screws in steamships, 47
Energy developed by a bird, 13
Engines, 153
Equivalent inclinations, 115
Equi„alent velocities, 116
Experiments of Count Zeppelin, 124
Experim„nts of Horatio Philipps, 9, 118, 119, 145
Experim„nts of Lord Rayleigh in reference to Newton’s Law, 6
Experim„nts of Professor Langley, 9, 62, 99, 109
Experim„nts of Wright Bros., 109
Experiments to show efficiency of Screw propellers, 33
Exper„mentswith apparatus attached to rotating arm, 62
Exper„mentsw„thboiler, 156
Exper„mentsw„thhard rolled brass aeroplane, 3
Exper„mentsw„thmy large machine, 10, 133
Exper„mentsw„throtating arm, 64-72
Exper„mentsw„thsmall machines attached to rotating arm, 159
Fabric covered screw, 40
Farman’s machine, 110
Flying of kites, 25, 28, 29
Forced circulation used by me, 158
Formulæ unsupported by facts, 3
French and English measurements, 128, 129
Gulls, 20, 21
Gyroscope apparatus, 93
Gyro„cope Steering by means of, 92
Hawks and Eagles, 13
Hélicoptère machine, 82
Hints as to the building of flying machines, 77-91
Horizontal movement of the air, 14
Hub for flying machine, New form of, 45
Interstellar temperature, 15
Introductory, 1
Kites, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29
Ki„es Behaviour of, 26
Ki„es Flying of, 25, 28, 29
Langley, Experiments of, 9, 62, 99, 109
Lan„ley, on the flight of birds, 11, 22
Lan„ley, on the power exercised by birds, 12
“La Patrie,” 124
Lifting effect of aeroplanes, 5
Lif„ing surface of aeroplanes, 103
Low temperature of space, 15
Major Baden Powell’s demand, 125
Mistral, The, 21
Motors, Development of, 31
Motor, The Antoinette, 89
My compound engines, 142
M„ experiments with aeroplanes, 7
M„ experim„ents withlarge machine, 10, 133
M„ steam engines, 155
Newton’s Law, 2, 6
“Nulli Secundus,” 28, 121
Oil engines, 154
Philipps’ experiments, 9, 118, 119, 145
Phil„pps’sustainers, 145
Pneumatic buffer, 90
Position of screw, 49
Power exerted by a land animal, 13
Po „er required, 100
Principally relating to screws, 31
Rayleigh’s experiments in reference to Newton’s law, 6
Recapitulation of early experiments, 130
Recent machines, 109
Relative value of woods for flying machines, 85
Reserve energy necessary in flying machines, 30
Resistance encountered by various shaped bodies, 52
Rotating arm experiments, 64-72
Santos Dumont’s flying machine, 113
Screw blade on Farman’s machine, 41
Sc„ew blades, Testing of, 36
Sc„ew bl„des, used by the French Government, 39
Sc„ew bl„des, with radial edges, 43
Sc„ew Fabric-covered, 40
Sc„ew Position of, 49
Sc„ew propeller made of sheet metal, 41
Sc„ew propellers, Efficiency of, 33, 147
Screws, 8, 31, 35, 36, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49
Scr„ws, Building up of my large, 40
Scr„ws, their efficiency in steamships, 47
Shape and efficiency of aeroplanes, 99
Skin friction, 41, 48
Spider’s webbing down from the sky, 27
Spirit lamp and ice box, 62
Stability of flying machines, 147, 150
Steam engines used by me, 155
Steering, 147, 149
Superposed aeroplanes, 144
System of splicing and building up wooden members, 86
Tables:—
Equivalent inclinations, 115
Equi„alent velocities, 116
French and English measurements, 128, 129
Philipps’ experiments, 119
Relative value of different woods, 85
Showing the relative power exerted by different birds, 24
Velocity and pressure of the wind, 114
Vel„city a„ d thrust corresponding with various horse-powers, 117
Testing aeroplanes, condensers, etc., 52
Teutonic vision of aerial power, 126
Velocity and pressure of wind, 114
Velo„ity a„d thrust corresponding with various horse-powers, 117
“Ville de Paris,” 123
Wright Bros.’ experiments, 109, 159, 162
Zeppelin’s experiments, 124, 159, 161
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