  - PART I
- I. Introductory …1
- II. Preliminary …5
- Experiments with small models …6
- Abbreviations and symbols employed …14
- Experiments with Aerodromes Nos. 30 and 31 …16
- III. Available motors …21
- India rubber …21
- Steam engine …24
- Gunpowder, hot-water, compressed air …25
- Gas, electricity …26
- Carbonic-acid gas …28
- IV. Early steam motors and other models …30
- V. On sustaining surfaces …41
- Experiments in the open wind …42
- Relation of air to weight and power …43
- VI. Balancing the aerodrome …45
- Lateral and longitudinal stability …45
- VII. History of construction of frame and engines of aerodromes …53
- VIII. History of construction of sustaining and guiding surfaces of aerodromes 4, 5, and 6 …80
- Introduction …80
- 1893, 1894 …81
- 1895 …85
- 1896 …89
- IX. History of launching apparatus and field trials of aerodromes 4, 5, and 6 …92
- X. Description of the launching apparatus of aerodromes Nos. 5 and 6 …110
- Description of Aerodrome No. 5 …111
- Description of Aerodrome No. 6 …120
- PART II
- I. Introductory …123
- II. General considerations …128
- III. Experiments with models …133
- Condensed record of flights of aerodromes Nos. 5 and 6, from June 7 to August 3, 1899 …135
- June 7—aerodrome No. 6 …135
- June 13—aerodrome No. 6 …137
- June 22—aerodrome No. 6 …139
- June 23—aerodrome No. 6 …140
- June 27—aerodrome No. 5 …140
- June 30—aerodrome No. 5 …141
- July 1 to July 8 …142
- July 11 to July 14—aerodrome No. 5 …143
- July 19—aerodrome No. 5 …
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