| CHAPTER I. | | PAGE | | Introductory, | 1 | | CHAPTER II. | | Air Currents and the Flight of Birds, | 11 | | CHAPTER III. | | Flying of Kites, | 25 | | CHAPTER IV. | | Principally Relating to Screws, | 31 | | CHAPTER V. | | Experiments with Apparatus Attached to a Rotating Arm—Crystal Palace Experiments, | 62 | | CHAPTER VI. | | Hints as to the Building of Flying Machines—Steering by Means of a Gyroscope, | 77 | | CHAPTER VII. | | The Shape and Efficiency of Aeroplanes—The Action of Aeroplanes and the Power Required Expressed in the Simplest Terms—Some Recent Machines, | 99 | | CHAPTER VIII. | | Balloons, | 120 | | Appendix I., | 125 | | Appendix II.— | | | Recapitulation of Early Experiments—Efficiency of Screw Propellers, Steering, Stability, &c.—The Comparative Value of Different Motors—Engines—Experiments with Small Machines Attached to a Rotating Arm, | 130 | | Index, | 163 |
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