Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911
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- Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge
S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
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1. Front matter2. LANGLEY MEMOIR ON MECHANICAL FLIGHT3. ◊ ADVERTISEMENT4. ◊ PREFACE5. CONTENTS6. LIST OF PLATES7. ◊ REFERENCES8. ◊ LANGLEY MEMOIR ON MECHANICAL FLIGHT PART I. 1887 TO 1896 BY S. P. LANGLEY EDITED BY CHARLES M. MANLY9. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY10. CHAPTER II PRELIMINARY11. CHAPTER III AVAILABLE MOTORS12. CHAPTER IV EARLY STEAM MOTORS AND OTHER MODELS13. CHAPTER V ON SUSTAINING SURFACES14. CHAPTER VI BALANCING THE AERODROME15. CHAPTER VII HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION OF FRAME AND ENGINES OF AERODROMES16. CHAPTER VIII HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION OF SUSTAINING AND GUIDING SURFACES OF AERODROMES 4, 5 AND 617. CHAPTER IX HISTORY OF LAUNCHING APPARATUS AND FIELD-TRIALS OF AERODROMES 4, 5 AND 618. CHAPTER X DESCRIPTION OF THE LAUNCHING APPARATUS AND OF AERODROMES Nos. 5 AND 619. ◊ PART II. 1897 TO 1903 BY CHARLES M. MANLY Assistant in Charge of Experiments20. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY21. CHAPTER II GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS22. CHAPTER III EXPERIMENTS WITH MODELS23. CHAPTER IV HOUSE-BOAT AND LAUNCHING APPARATUS24. CHAPTER V CONSTRUCTION OF FRAME OF LARGE AERODROME25. CHAPTER VI CONSTRUCTION OF SUPPORTING SURFACES26. CHAPTER VII EQUILIBRIUM AND CONTROL27. CHAPTER VIII THE EXPERIMENTAL ENGINE28. CHAPTER IX THE QUARTER-SIZE MODEL AERODROME29. CHAPTER X CONSTRUCTION AND TESTS OF THE LARGE ENGINE30. CHAPTER XI SHOP TESTS OF THE AERODROME31. CHAPTER XII FIELD-TRIALS IN 190332. CHAPTER XII FIELD-TRIALS IN 1903 (continued 2)33. ◊ INDEX