∵ This deals, not with the possibilities of aëronautics on vague assumption, but gives information from a practical view of what has been done, showing the present position.
List of Contents.
Introduction—First Practical Experiments—Resources and Incidents—The Practical Application of Aëronautics—Military Applications of Ballooning—Steering Power—Present State of Ballooning and Recent Proposals for Steering Balloons—The Cost.
“Mr. May gives a clear idea of all the experiments and improvements in aëro-navigation from its beginning, and the various useful purposes to which it has been applied.”—Contemporary Review.
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THEORY
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BY
FRANCIS E. NIPHER, A.M.,
Professor of Physics in Washington University, St. Louis, and President of
the St. Louis Academy of Science.
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