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The Dominion of the Air - The Story of Aerial Navigation
Aeronautics
J. M. Bacon
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J.M. Bacon
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF AERONAUTICS.
CHAPTER II. THE INVENTION OF THE BALLOON.
CHAPTER III. THE FIRST BALLOON ASCENT IN ENGLAND.
CHAPTER IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BALLOON PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER V. SOME FAMOUS EARLY VOYAGERS.
CHAPTER VI. CHARLES GREEN AND THE NASSAU BALLOON.
CHAPTER VII. CHARLES GREEN - FURTHER ADVENTURES.
CHAPTER VIII. JOHN WISE - THE AMERICAN AERONAUT.
CHAPTER IX. EARLY METHODS AND IDEAS.
CHAPTER X. THE COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW ERA.
CHAPTER XI. THE BALLOON IN THE SERVICE OF SCIENCE.
CHAPTER XII. HENRY COXWELL AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
CHAPTER XIII. SOME NOTEWORTHY ASCENTS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE HIGHEST ASCENT ON RECORD.
CHAPTER XV. FURTHER SCIENTIFIC VOYAGES OF GLAISHER AND COXWELL.
CHAPTER XVI. SOME FAMOUS FRENCH AERONAUTS.
CHAPTER XVII. ADVENTURE AND ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BALLOON IN THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE TRAGEDY OF THE ZENITH." - THE NAVIGABLE BALLOON
CHAPTER XX. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
CHAPTER XXI. THE COMING OF THE FLYING MACHINE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE STORY OF THE SPENCERS.
CHAPTER XXIII. NEW DEPARTURES IN AEROSTATION.
CHAPTER XXIV. ANDREE AND HIS VOYAGES
CHAPTER XXV. THE MODERN AIRSHIP - IN SEARCH OF THE LEONIDS.
CHAPTER XXVI. RECENT AERONAUTICAL EVENTS.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE POSSIBILITIES OF BALLOONS IN WARFARE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AIR.
CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF AERONAUTICS. ›
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