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The Mastery of the Air

by William J. Claxton

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  1. 1Contents — Preface
  2. 2Part I | Balloons and Air-Ships
  3. 3Chapter II — The French Paper-maker Who Invented the Balloon
  4. 4Chapter III — The First Man to Ascend in a Balloon
  5. 5Chapter IV — The First Balloon Ascent in England
  6. 6Chapter V — The Father of British Aeronauts
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Parachute
  8. 8Chapter VII — Some British Inventors of Air-ships
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The First Attempts to Steer a Balloon
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Strange Career of Count Zeppelin
  11. 11Chapter X — A Zeppelin Air-ship and Its Construction
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Semi-rigid Air-ship
  13. 13Chapter XII — A Non-rigid Balloon
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Zeppelin and Gotha Raids
  15. 15Part II | Aeroplanes and Airmen
  16. 16Chapter XV — A Pioneer in Aviation
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The “Human Birds”
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Aeroplane and the Bird
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — A Great British Inventor of Aeroplanes
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Wright Brothers and Their Secret Experiments
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Internal-combustion Engine
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Internal-combustion Engine(Cont.)
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Aeroplane Engine
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — A Famous British Inventor of Aviation Engines
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The Wright Biplane (Camber of Planes)
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Wright Biplane (Cont.)
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — How the Wrights Launched Their Biplane
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The First Man to Fly in Europe
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — M. Bleriot and the Monoplane
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Henri Farman and the Voisin Biplane
  31. 31Chapter XXX — A Famous British Inventor
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Romance of a Cowboy Aeronaut
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Three Historic Flights
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Three Historic Flights (Cont.)
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — The Hydroplane and Air-boat
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — A Famous British Inventor of the Water-plane
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Sea-planes for Warfare
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — The First Man to Fly in Britain
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Aeroplanes in the Great War
  41. 41Chapter XL — The Atmosphere and the Barometer
  42. 42Chapter XLI — How an Airman Knows What Height He Reaches
  43. 43Chapter XLII — How an Airman Finds His Way
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — The First Airman to Fly Upside Down
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — The First Englishman to Fly Upside Down
  46. 46Chapter XLV — Accidents and Their Cause
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — Accidents and Their Cause (Cont.)
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — Accidents and Their Cause (Cont.)
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Some Technical Terms Used by Aviators
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — The Future in the Air

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