Aerial NavigationMacmillan and Company, 1877 - 513 pages |
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... method under which his inquiries have been undertaken must do much to clear the ground , by sweeping away , once for all , con- trivances which are shown to be impracticable , and by in- dicating the directions in which really hopeful ...
... method under which his inquiries have been undertaken must do much to clear the ground , by sweeping away , once for all , con- trivances which are shown to be impracticable , and by in- dicating the directions in which really hopeful ...
Page 14
... methods by human muscular effort is unfounded . This is necessary , because it is the elementary form of the problem , man being , of course , a lighter and simpler mechanism than man plus engine . Taking the first case in its simplest ...
... methods by human muscular effort is unfounded . This is necessary , because it is the elementary form of the problem , man being , of course , a lighter and simpler mechanism than man plus engine . Taking the first case in its simplest ...
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... methods were apparently alike — I should select the resistance of the air for an opponent in preference to gravity , why I should try to improve upon the balloon , before I essayed to fly without its aid . In the first place many ...
... methods were apparently alike — I should select the resistance of the air for an opponent in preference to gravity , why I should try to improve upon the balloon , before I essayed to fly without its aid . In the first place many ...
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... methods theoretically appropriate , but very difficult of effectual execution . I will first state the case as respects the balloon ; and then show that it is 1 There will be this special unfitness for war in all air - craft , that ...
... methods theoretically appropriate , but very difficult of effectual execution . I will first state the case as respects the balloon ; and then show that it is 1 There will be this special unfitness for war in all air - craft , that ...
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... arrangement contemplated by Sir George Cayley in his design for a navigable aerial vessel as represented in his published sketches.1 The same method appears , too , to CHAP . III . IMPOSSIBILITY OF PROPELLING BALLOONS . 41.
... arrangement contemplated by Sir George Cayley in his design for a navigable aerial vessel as represented in his published sketches.1 The same method appears , too , to CHAP . III . IMPOSSIBILITY OF PROPELLING BALLOONS . 41.
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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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