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THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE IN FRANCE IN 1908 Frontispiece
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"TAKING THE SUN" WITH THE SEXTANT 22
THE OLD AND THE NEW—A CONTRAST 60
MARINE ENGINES AND AN EARLY TYPE OF STEAMBOAT 64
THE STEAMSHIPS "CHARLOTTE DUNDAS" AND "CLERMONT" 68
THE "CLERMONT" 72
ROBERT FULTON 98
THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE BOAT "CUTTLEFISH" IN DRY DOCK AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD 108
A FLEET OF BRITISH SUBMARINES MANŒUVERING AT THE SURFACE 116
GEORGE STEPHENSON 124
A CENTURY'S PROGRESS IN LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING 128
CUGNOT'S TRACTION ENGINE AND THE "NOVELTY" LOCOMOTIVE 132
THE FAMOUS LOCOMOTIVES "ROCKET" AND "SANS-PAREIL" 134
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE 150
THE HOBBY-HORSE OF 1820 CONTRASTED WITH THE MOTOR CYCLE OF TO-DAY 154
THE EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE 156
THE EXTREMES OF AUTOMOBILE DEVELOPMENT 158
AN ENGLISH STEAM COACH OF 1827 AND A NEW YORK TAXICAB OF 1909 162
A RACING AUTOMOBILE 166
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT IN TRANSPORTATION—THE DE WITT CLINTON TRAIN AND THE GYROCAR 200
TWO VIEWS OF MR. LOUIS BRENNAN'S MONORAIL GYROCAR 216
AN INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE 242
TWO FAMOUS FRENCH WAR BALLOONS 264
THE ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE BALLOON 266
AN ENGLISH DIRIGIBLE BALLOON 268
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DIRIGIBLE WAR BALLOONS AND A WRIGHT AEROPLANE 270
THE AEROPLANE OF M. SANTOS-DUMONT 272
LEARNING HOW TO FLY 278
FLYING MACHINES OF THE MONOPLANE TYPE 284
THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE 288
MR. WILBUR WRIGHT PREPARING TO ASCEND IN HIS AEROPLANE WITH HIS PUPIL M. CASSANDIER 292
THE FARMAN AEROPLANE 294
THE MONOPLANES OF BLÉRIOT AND LATHAM 296
A BRITISH AEROPLANE 298
MR. WILBUR WRIGHT FLYING OVER NEW YORK HARBOR, OCTOBER 4, 1909 300