Lecture on Artificial FlightFront matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterINDEX.I.—INTRODUCTION.II.—HISTORY AND FABLE.III.—DISCOVERY OF THE BALLOON.IV.—NOTED AIR VOYAGES.V.—ABSENCE OF DANGER.VI.—CHARM OF ÆRIAL TRAVEL.VII.—ÆRIAL VOYAGES HEALTH PROMOTING.VIII.—PARACHUTES.IX.—THE KITE.X.—BALLOONS IMPRACTICABLE.XI.—REASONS WHY THE PROBLEM HAS REMAINED UNSOLVED.XII.—FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT.XIII.—WEIGHT.XIV.—SURFACE.XV.—POWER.XVI.—FLYING CREATURES, THEIR PROPORTIONS, MOVEMENTS.XVII.—MECHANICAL PRACTICABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL FLIGHT.XVIII.—FLYING MACHINES OF THE PRESENT, THEIR DEFECTS.XIX.—THE PRACTICAL FLYING SHIP OF THE NEAR FUTURE.XX.—WHAT THE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER WILL BE.XXI.—CONCLUDING REMARKS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →INDEX.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsINDEX.I.—INTRODUCTION.II.—HISTORY AND FABLE.III.—DISCOVERY OF THE BALLOON.IV.—NOTED AIR VOYAGES.V.—ABSENCE OF DANGER.VI.—CHARM OF ÆRIAL TRAVEL.VII.—ÆRIAL VOYAGES HEALTH PROMOTING.VIII.—PARACHUTES.IX.—THE KITE.X.—BALLOONS IMPRACTICABLE.XI.—REASONS WHY THE PROBLEM HAS REMAINED UNSOLVED.XII.—FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT.XIII.—WEIGHT.XIV.—SURFACE.XV.—POWER.XVI.—FLYING CREATURES, THEIR PROPORTIONS, MOVEMENTS.XVII.—MECHANICAL PRACTICABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL FLIGHT.XVIII.—FLYING MACHINES OF THE PRESENT, THEIR DEFECTS.XIX.—THE PRACTICAL FLYING SHIP OF THE NEAR FUTURE.XX.—WHAT THE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER WILL BE.XXI.—CONCLUDING REMARKS.LECTURE ON ARTIFICIAL FLIGHT GIVEN BY REQUEST AT THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AT San Francisco, California, August 7th, 1876, BY WM. G. KRUEGER WITH REFERENCE TO A MODEL OF HIS OWN INVENTION.INDEX. →
