About This Book
The author offers a comprehensive, accessible survey of contemporary aerial navigation, beginning with fundamentals of the atmosphere, wind, and aerodynamic resistance and proceeding to engines, propellers, and construction materials. It chronicles notable balloon voyages, meteorological ascent methods and instrumentation, and the theory and practice of steerable balloons. Sections examine kites, tethered ascents, human gliding experiments, and diverse heavier-than-air machines, concluding with descriptions of differing aeroplane types and illustrations. Practical experiments, technical schematics, and an index support readers seeking both popular orientation and technical reference.
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