Aerial NavigationMacmillan and Company, 1877 - 513 pages |
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... CRAFT - THE QUESTION OF FLOATAGE PAGE 80 98 110 122 XI . THE FIFTH DIFFICULTY : THE AIR - CRAFT - THE QUESTION OF LEVEL . 134 XII . THE QUESTION OF POWER 145 · XIII . THE QUESTION OF WAFTAGE . 152 XIV . THE QUESTION OF ANCHORAGE 166 XV ...
... CRAFT - THE QUESTION OF FLOATAGE PAGE 80 98 110 122 XI . THE FIFTH DIFFICULTY : THE AIR - CRAFT - THE QUESTION OF LEVEL . 134 XII . THE QUESTION OF POWER 145 · XIII . THE QUESTION OF WAFTAGE . 152 XIV . THE QUESTION OF ANCHORAGE 166 XV ...
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... craft , which would have been fatal to its success at first , I did not consider that he had fully solved the problem of aerial navigation . It was what seems to me a mechani- cal mistake on his part , as to this very point , that ...
... craft , which would have been fatal to its success at first , I did not consider that he had fully solved the problem of aerial navigation . It was what seems to me a mechani- cal mistake on his part , as to this very point , that ...
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... craft as long and narrow as possible , on the finest lines that are consistent with strength and stiffness . This , then , is another reason of itself sufficient for the rejection of this mode of rigging the air - craft . The ...
... craft as long and narrow as possible , on the finest lines that are consistent with strength and stiffness . This , then , is another reason of itself sufficient for the rejection of this mode of rigging the air - craft . The ...
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... craft . It is so obvious a necessity of aeronautics , that we should at least be able to rise and fall without annihilating our power of re- maining afloat at all , that scarcely anyone has ever written a few lines of hints on the ...
... craft . It is so obvious a necessity of aeronautics , that we should at least be able to rise and fall without annihilating our power of re- maining afloat at all , that scarcely anyone has ever written a few lines of hints on the ...
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... craft . Almost the only mode that has yet been in use of adjusting the height of the balloon above the ground , without loss of material , is the long rope or balancer ' proposed by Mr. Baldwin in 1786 , and which , having been brought ...
... craft . Almost the only mode that has yet been in use of adjusting the height of the balloon above the ground , without loss of material , is the long rope or balancer ' proposed by Mr. Baldwin in 1786 , and which , having been brought ...
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aerial navigation aeronautics aerostat air-craft amount angles apparatus applied arrangement ascertained attached axis balance ballast balloon boat body bows burden carbonic acid Cayley centre of buoyancy centre of gravity coal gas condensation contrivance cords course craft cubic cylinder Delcourt diameter direction effect endeavour envelope equal equilibrium Études exerted experiments feet figure float flying forces acting former gas-vessel grammes greater ground gutta-percha heat horizontal hydrogen inches latter length lifting power light liquid material means Mech mechanical metal mode Monge motion move necessary obtained oxide plane position pounds pressure propelling force proposed propulsion purpose requisite resistance result rise rowlock semi-minor axis side Sir George Cayley specific gravity speed spheroid steam stiffness sufficient supposed surface suspended tendency texture tion tube upward varnish velocity vertical vessel vulcanised weight whole wind wings zinc
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