A History of Aeronautics

CONTENTS

Part I—The Evolution of the Aeroplane
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	THE PERIOD OF LEGEND	3
II.	EARLY EXPERIMENTS	15
III.	SIR GEORGE CAYLEY—THOMAS WALKER	43
IV.	THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY	56
V.	WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS	71
VI.	THE AGE OF THE GIANTS	83
VII.	LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER	95
VIII.	AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS	107
IX.	NOT PROVEN	121
X.	SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY	133
XI.	THE WRIGHT BROTHERS	145
XII.	THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST	176
XIII.	FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND	188
XIV.	RHEIMS, AND AFTER	199
XV.	THE CHANNEL CROSSING	211
XVI.	LONDON TO MANCHESTER	217
XVII.	A SUMMARY—TO 1911	221
XVIII.	A SUMMARY—TO 1914	233
XIX.	THE WAR PERIOD—I	246
XX.	THE WAR PERIOD—II	259
XXI.	RECONSTRUCTION	264
XXII.	1919–1920	270
Part II—1903–1920: Progress in Design
I.	THE BEGINNINGS	277
II.	MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS	289
III.	PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES	296
IV.	THE WAR PERIOD	306
Part III—Aerostatics
I.	BEGINNINGS	317
II.	THE FIRST DIRIGIBLES	331
III.	SANTOS-DUMONT	342
IV.	THE MILITARY DIRIGIBLE	348
V.	BRITISH AIRSHIP DESIGN	359
VI.	THE AIRSHIP COMMERCIALLY	372
VII.	KITE BALLOONS	376
Part IV—Engine Development
I.	THE VERTICAL TYPE	383
II.	THE VEE TYPE	404
III.	THE RADIAL TYPE	417
IV.	THE ROTARY TYPE	Clyx.com