CONTENTS

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I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER PAGE
1. General Survey 15
2. The Airplane Considered as a Camera Platform 20
II. THE AIRPLANE CAMERA
3. The Camera—General Considerations 39
4. Lenses for Aerial Photography 44
5. The Shutter 68
6. Plate-Holders and Magazines 87
7. Hand-Held Cameras for Aerial Work 95
8. Non-Automatic Aerial Plate Cameras 102
9. Semi-Automatic Aerial Plate Cameras 116
10. Automatic Aerial Plate Cameras 124
11. Aerial Film Cameras 130
12. Motive Power for Aerial Cameras 145
13. Camera Auxiliaries 163
III. THE SUSPENSION AND INSTALLATION OF AIRPLANE CAMERAS
14. Theory and Experimental Study of Methods of Camera Suspension 179
15. Practical Camera Mountings 193
16. Installation of Cameras and Mountings in Planes 208
IV. SENSITIZED MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS
17. The Distribution of Light, Shade and Color in the Aerial View 221
18. Characteristics of Photographic Emulsions 227
19. Filters 239
20. Exposure of Aerial Negatives 247
21. Printing Media 252
22. Photographic Chemicals 257
V. METHODS OF HANDLING PLATES, FILMS AND PAPERS
23. The Developing and Drying of Plates and Films 267
24. Printing and Enlarging 279
VI. PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AND DATA
25. Spotting 291
26. Map Making 304
27. Oblique Aerial Photography 320
28. Stereoscopic Aerial Photography 329
29. The Interpretation of Aerial Photographs 351
30. Naval Aerial Photography

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