THE MASTERY OF THE AIR
By William J. Claxton
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ THE MASTERY OF THE AIR ]
[ PART I. ] BALLOONS AND AIR-SHIPS
[ CHAPTER I. ] Man's Duel with Nature
[ CHAPTER II. ] The French Paper-maker who Invented the Balloon
[ CHAPTER III. ] The First Man to Ascend in a Balloon
[ CHAPTER IV. ] The First Balloon Ascent in England
[ CHAPTER V. ] The Father of British Aeronauts
[ CHAPTER VI. ] The Parachute
[ CHAPTER VII. ] Some British Inventors of Air-ships
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] The First Attempts to Steer a Balloon
[ CHAPTER IX. ] The Strange Career of Count Zeppelin
[ CHAPTER X. ] A Zeppelin Air-ship and its Construction
[ CHAPTER XI. ] The Semi-rigid Air-ship
[ CHAPTER XII. ] A Non-rigid Balloon
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] The Zeppelin and Gotha Raids
[ PART II. ] AEROPLANES AND AIRMEN
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] Early Attempts in Aviation
[ CHAPTER XV. ] A Pioneer in Aviation
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] The "Human Birds"
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] The Aeroplane and the Bird
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] A Great British Inventor of Aeroplanes
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] The Wright Brothers and their Secret Experiments
[ CHAPTER XX. ] The Internal-combustion Engine
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] The Internal-combustion Engine(Cont.)
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] The Aeroplane Engine
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] A Famous British Inventor of Aviation Engines
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] The Wright Biplane (Camber of Planes)
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] The Wright Biplane (Cont.)
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] How the Wrights launched their Biplane
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] The First Man to Fly in Europe
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] M. Bleriot and the Monoplane
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] Henri Farman and the Voisin Biplane
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] A Famous British Inventor
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] The Romance of a Cowboy Aeronaut
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] Three Historic Flights
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] Three Historic Flights (Cont.)
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] The Hydroplane and Air-boat
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] A Famous British Inventor of the Water-plane
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] Sea-planes for Warfare
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] The First Man to Fly in Britain
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] Aeroplanes in the Great War
[ CHAPTER XL. ] The Atmosphere and the Barometer
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] How an Airman Knows what Height he Reaches
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] How an Airman finds his Way
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] The First Airman to Fly Upside Down
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ] The First Englishman to Fly Upside Down
[ CHAPTER XLV. ] Accidents and their Cause
[ CHAPTER XLVI. ] Accidents and their Cause (Cont.)
[ CHAPTER XLVII. ] Accidents and their Cause (Cont.)
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. ] Some Technical Terms used by Aviators
[ CHAPTER XLIX. ] The Future in the Air