THE DOMINION OF THE AIR
The Story of Aerial Navigation
by J. M. Bacon
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE DAWN OF AERONAUTICS.
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE INVENTION OF THE BALLOON.
[ CHAPTER III. ] THE FIRST BALLOON ASCENT IN ENGLAND.
[ CHAPTER IV. ] THE DEVELOPMENT OF BALLOON PHILOSOPHY.
[ CHAPTER V. ] SOME FAMOUS EARLY VOYAGERS.
[ CHAPTER VI. ] CHARLES GREEN AND THE NASSAU BALLOON.
[ CHAPTER VII. ] CHARLES GREEN—FURTHER ADVENTURES.
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] JOHN WISE—THE AMERICAN AERONAUT.
[ CHAPTER IX. ] EARLY METHODS AND IDEAS.
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW ERA.
[ CHAPTER XI. ] THE BALLOON IN THE SERVICE OF SCIENCE.
[ CHAPTER XII. ] HENRY COXWELL AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] SOME NOTEWORTHY ASCENTS.
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE HIGHEST ASCENT ON RECORD.
[ CHAPTER XV. ] FURTHER SCIENTIFIC VOYAGES OF GLAISHER AND COXWELL.
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] SOME FAMOUS FRENCH AERONAUTS.
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] ADVENTURE AND ENTERPRISE.
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] THE BALLOON IN THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] THE TRAGEDY OF THE ZENITH—THE NAVIGABLE BALLOON
[ CHAPTER XX. ] A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] THE COMING OF THE FLYING MACHINE.
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] THE STORY OF THE SPENCERS.
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] NEW DEPARTURES IN AEROSTATION.
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] ANDREE AND HIS VOYAGES
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] THE MODERN AIRSHIP—IN SEARCH OF THE LEONIDS.
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] RECENT AERONAUTICAL EVENTS.
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] THE POSSIBILITIES OF BALLOONS IN WARFARE.
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AIR.
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] CONCLUSION.