Flying Machines Today

Name: Flying Machines Today
Author: Ennis, William D. (William Duane)

Ennis, William D. (William Duane)

Aeronautics; Flying-machines

=HOW TO BUILD AN AEROPLANE.= By ROBERT PETIT. Translated from the
  French by T. O'B. Hubbard and J. H. Ledeboer. 8vo., cloth, 131 pp., 93
  illustrations =$1.50 net=
  =CONTENTS=: General Principles of Aeroplane Design. Theory and
  Calculation. Resistance, Lift, Power, Calculations for the Design of
  an Aeroplane, Application of Power, Design of Propeller, Arrangements
  of Surfaces, Stability, Center of Gravity, etc. Materials.
  Construction of Propellers. Arrangements for Starting and Landing.
  Controls. Placing Motor. The Planes. Curvatures. Motors.

 =AIRSHIPS, PAST AND PRESENT. Together with chapters on the use of
  balloons in connection with meteorology, photography, and the carrier
  pigeon.= By A. HILDEBRANDT, Captain and Instructor in the Prussian
  Balloon Corps. Translated by W. H. Story. 8vo., cloth, 361 pp., 222
  illustrations =$3.50 net=
  =CONTENTS=: Early History of the Art. Invention of the Air Balloon.
  Montgolfieres, Charlieres, and Rozieres. Theory of the Balloon.
  Development of the Dirigible Balloon. History of the Dirigible
  Balloon, 1852-1872. Dirigible Balloons from 1883-1897; 1898-1906.
  Flying Machines. Kites. Parachutes. Development of Military
  Ballooning. Ballooning in Franco-Prussian War. Modern Organization
  of Military Ballooning in France, Germany, England and Russia.
  Military Ballooning in Other Countries. Balloon Construction and the
  Preparation of the Gas. Instruments. Ballooning as a Sport. Scientific
  Ballooning. Balloon Photography. Photographic Outfit for Balloon Work.
  Interpretation of Photographs. Hectography by Means of Kites and
  Rockets. Carrier Pigeons for Balloons. Balloon Law.

  [Illustration: VAN NOSTRAND LOGO]


D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., Publishers

23 MURRAY and 27 WARREN STREETS, NEW YORK




Transcriber's Note: Italics are delimited by underscores; bold by equal
signs. Four occurrences of the oe-ligature in the word man[oe]uver
are left as [oe]. The four footnotes have been moved to the end of the
book. A few words were judged to be printer errors and were changed.
These include two occurrences of horse-power in the unhyphenated form,
the spelling of Tabuteau as Tabuteaw on p. 162, and the spelling of
hélicoptère as helicoptéré on p.208. On a few of the
figure captions, missing accents were added to some French names.







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Flying Machines Today

Ennis, William D. (William Duane)

Aeronautics; Flying-machines

=HOW TO BUILD AN AEROPLANE.= By ROBERT PETIT. Translated from the
  French by T. O'B. Hubbard and J. H. Ledeboer. 8vo., cloth, 131 pp., 93
  illustrations =$1.50 net=
  =CONTENTS=: General Principles of Aeroplane Design. Theory and
  Calculation. Resistance, Lift, Power, Calculations for the Design of
  an Aeroplane, Application of Power, Design of Propeller, Arrangements
  of Surfaces, Stability, Center of Gravity, etc. Materials.
  Construction of Propellers. Arrangements for Starting and Landing.
  Controls. Placing Motor. The Planes. Curvatures. Motors.

 =AIRSHIPS, PAST AND PRESENT. Together with chapters on the use of
  balloons in connection with meteorology, photography, and the carrier
  pigeon.= By A. HILDEBRANDT, Captain and Instructor in the Prussian
  Balloon Corps. Translated by W. H. Story. 8vo., cloth, 361 pp., 222
  illustrations =$3.50 net=
  =CONTENTS=: Early History of the Art. Invention of the Air Balloon.
  Montgolfieres, Charlieres, and Rozieres. Theory of the Balloon.
  Development of the Dirigible Balloon. History of the Dirigible
  Balloon, 1852-1872. Dirigible Balloons from 1883-1897; 1898-1906.
  Flying Machines. Kites. Parachutes. Development of Military
  Ballooning. Ballooning in Franco-Prussian War. Modern Organization
  of Military Ballooning in France, Germany, England and Russia.
  Military Ballooning in Other Countries. Balloon Construction and the
  Preparation of the Gas. Instruments. Ballooning as a Sport. Scientific
  Ballooning. Balloon Photography. Photographic Outfit for Balloon Work.
  Interpretation of Photographs. Hectography by Means of Kites and
  Rockets. Carrier Pigeons for Balloons. Balloon Law.

  [Illustration: VAN NOSTRAND LOGO]


D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., Publishers

23 MURRAY and 27 WARREN STREETS, NEW YORK




Transcriber's Note: Italics are delimited by underscores; bold by equal
signs. Four occurrences of the oe-ligature in the word man[oe]uver
are left as [oe]. The four footnotes have been moved to the end of the
book. A few words were judged to be printer errors and were changed.
These include two occurrences of horse-power in the unhyphenated form,
the spelling of Tabuteau as Tabuteaw on p. 162, and the spelling of
hélicoptère as helicoptéré on p.208. On a few of the
figure captions, missing accents were added to some French names.







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