The mastery of the air
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I. Man's Duel with Nature4. CHAPTER II. The French Paper-maker who Invented the Balloon5. CHAPTER III. The First Man to Ascend in a Balloon6. CHAPTER IV. The First Balloon Ascent in England7. CHAPTER V. The Father of British Aeronauts8. CHAPTER VI. The Parachute9. CHAPTER VII. Some British Inventors of Air-ships10. CHAPTER VIII. The First Attempts to Steer a Balloon11. CHAPTER IX. The Strange Career of Count Zeppelin12. CHAPTER X. A Zeppelin Air-ship and its Construction13. CHAPTER XI. The Semi-rigid Air-ship14. CHAPTER XII. A Non-rigid Balloon15. CHAPTER XIII. The Zeppelin and Gotha Raids16. CHAPTER XIV. Early Attempts in Aviation17. CHAPTER XV. A Pioneer in Aviation18. CHAPTER XVI. The "Human Birds"19. CHAPTER XVII. The Aeroplane and the Bird20. CHAPTER XVIII. A Great British Inventor of Aeroplanes21. CHAPTER XIX. The Wright Brothers and their Secret Experiments22. CHAPTER XX. The Internal-combustion Engine23. CHAPTER XXI. The Internal-combustion Engine(Cont.)24. CHAPTER XXII. The Aeroplane Engine25. CHAPTER XXIII. A Famous British Inventor of Aviation Engines26. CHAPTER XXIV. The Wright Biplane (Camber of Planes)27. CHAPTER XXV. The Wright Biplane (Cont.)28. CHAPTER XXVI. How the Wrights launched their Biplane29. CHAPTER XXVII. The First Man to Fly in Europe30. CHAPTER XXVIII. M. Bleriot and the Monoplane31. CHAPTER XXIX. Henri Farman and the Voisin Biplane32. CHAPTER XXX. A Famous British Inventor33. CHAPTER XXXI. The Romance of a Cowboy Aeronaut34. CHAPTER XXXII. Three Historic Flights35. CHAPTER XXXIII. Three Historic Flights (Cont.)36. CHAPTER XXXIV. The Hydroplane and Air-boat37. CHAPTER XXXV. A Famous British Inventor of the Water-plane38. CHAPTER XXXVI. Sea-planes for Warfare39. CHAPTER XXXVII. The First Man to Fly in Britain40. CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service41. CHAPTER XXXIX. Aeroplanes in the Great War42. CHAPTER XL. The Atmosphere and the Barometer43. CHAPTER XLI. How an Airman Knows what Height he Reaches44. CHAPTER XLII. How an Airman finds his Way45. CHAPTER XLIII. The First Airman to Fly Upside Down46. CHAPTER XLIV. The First Englishman to Fly Upside Down47. CHAPTER XLV. Accidents and their Cause48. CHAPTER XLVI. Accidents and their Cause (Cont.)49. CHAPTER XLVII. Accidents and their Cause (Cont.)50. CHAPTER XLVIII. Some Technical Terms used by Aviators51. CHAPTER XLIX. The Future in the Air