How it fliesFront matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterHow It Flies or, THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR The Story of Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by which He Has Succeeded By RICHARD FERRIS, B.S., C.E. Illustrated by Over One Hundred and Fifty Half-tones and Line Drawings, Showing the Stages of Development from the Earliest Balloon to the Latest Monoplane and Biplane New York THOMAS NELSON AND SONS 381-385 Fourth AvenuePREFACEChapter I · INTRODUCTORY.Chapter II · THE AIR.Chapter III · LAWS OF FLIGHT.Chapter IV · FLYING MACHINES.Chapter V · FLYING MACHINES: THE BIPLANE.Chapter VI · FLYING MACHINES: THE MONOPLANE.Chapter VII · FLYING MACHINES: OTHER FORMS.Chapter VIII · FLYING MACHINES: HOW TO OPERATE.Chapter IX · FLYING MACHINES: HOW TO BUILD.Chapter X · FLYING MACHINES: MOTORS.Chapter XI · MODEL FLYING MACHINES.Chapter XII · THE GLIDER.Chapter XIII · BALLOONS.Chapter XIV · BALLOONS: THE DIRIGIBLE.Chapter XV · BALLOONS: HOW TO OPERATE.Chapter XVI · BALLOONS: HOW TO MAKE.Chapter XVII · MILITARY AERONAUTICS.Chapter XVIII · BIOGRAPHIES OF PROMINENT AERONAUTS.Chapter XIX · CHRONICLE OF AVIATION ACHIEVEMENTS.Chapter XX · EXPLANATION OF AERONAUTICAL TERMS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →How It Flies or, THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR The Story of Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by which He Has Succeeded By RICHARD FERRIS, B.S., C.E. Illustrated by Over One Hundred and Fifty Half-tones and Line Drawings, Showing the Stages of Development from the Earliest Balloon to the Latest Monoplane and Biplane New York THOMAS NELSON AND SONS 381-385 Fourth AvenueAll chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsHow It Flies or, THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR The Story of Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by which He Has Succeeded By RICHARD FERRIS, B.S., C.E. Illustrated by Over One Hundred and Fifty Half-tones and Line Drawings, Showing the Stages of Development from the Earliest Balloon to the Latest Monoplane and Biplane New York THOMAS NELSON AND SONS 381-385 Fourth AvenuePREFACEChapters1234567891011121314151617181920ORVILLE WRIGHT IN THE 80-MILE-AN-HOUR “BABY WRIGHT” RACER.◇How It Flies or, THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR The Story of Man’s Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by which He Has Succeeded By RICHARD FERRIS, B.S., C.E. Illustrated by Over One Hundred and Fifty Half-tones and Line Drawings, Showing the Stages of Development from the Earliest Balloon to the Latest Monoplane and Biplane New York THOMAS NELSON AND SONS 381-385 Fourth Avenue →