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Aerial Navigation (Translated from Dutch) by: George E. Waring Jr. With Notes Concerning Some Recent Developments in The Art has 231 pages Cover dated 1894
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER I- INTRODUCTION CHAPTEE II- THE MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF AERIAL NAVIGATION CHAPTER III- COMPAKISON OF BALLOONS WITH BUOYS USED TO INDICATE SHIP CHANNELS. CHAPTER IV- THE AIR SHIP IN CALM WEATHER, OR IN THE ABSENCE OF WIND. CHAPTER V- THE EXTRANEOUS OBSTACLE, OR THE WIND—ITS ROLE IN AERIAL NAVIGATION. CHAPTER VI- PRACTICAL RESULTS ALREADY REACHED IN MACHINERY FOR PROPELLING BALLOONS. CHAPTER VII- EXPERIMENTS WITH THE BALLOON” “LA FRANCE” IN THE TEARS 1884 AND 1885. CHAPTER VIII- THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS CHAPTER IX.THE BOY’S KITE CHAPTER X- THE ORDINARY FLYING OF BIRDS CHAPTER XI- HOVERING FLIGHT CHAPTER XII- SAILING FLIGHT CHAPTER XIII- THE LAW OF AVANZINI CHAPTER XIV- THE EXERTION OF FORCE BY BIRDS CHAPTER XV-ATMOSPHERIC CURRENTS CHAPTER XVI- THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE ” LE PLUS LOURD QUE L’AIR.” CHAPTER XVII- CONCLUSION EXTRACTS FROM A LATER PAMPHLET BY MR. FIJNJE |
