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

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Richard Ferris

PREFACE

CONTENTS

HOW IT FLIES

Chapter 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.

ORVILLE 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
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Copyright, 1910, by
THOMAS NELSON & SONS

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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