A History of Aeronautics

by E. Charles Vivian
1920

CONTENTS

Forward

Part I--THE EVOLUTION OF THE AEROPLANE

I.  THE PERIOD OF LEGEND

II.  EARLY EXPERIMENTS

III.  SIR GEORGE CAYLEY--THOMAS WALKER

IV.  THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY

V.  WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS

VI.  THE AGE OF THE GIANTS

VII.  LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER

VIII.  AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS

IX.  NOT PROVEN

X.  SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY

XI.  THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

XII.  THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST

XIII.  FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND

XIV.  RHEIMS, AND AFTER

XV.  THE CHANNEL CROSSING

XVI.  LONDON TO MANCHESTER

XVII.  A SUMMARY--TO 1911

XVIII.  A SUMMARY--TO 1914

XIX.  THE WAR PERIOD—I

XX.  THE WAR PERIOD—II

XXI.  RECONSTRUCTION

XXII.  1919-1920

Part II--1903-1920: PROGRESS IN DESIGN

I.  THE BEGINNINGS

II.  MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS

III.  PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES

IV.  THE WAR PERIOD

Part III—AEROSTATICS

I.  BEGINNINGS

II.  THE FIRST DIRIGIBLES

III.  SANTOS-DUMONT

IV.  THE MILITARY DIRIGIBLE

V.  BRITISH AIRSHIP  DESIGN

VI.  THE AIRSHIP  COMMERCIALLY

VII.  KITE  BALLOONS

PART IV--ENGINE DEVELOPMENT

I.  THE VERTICAL TYPE

II.  THE VEE TYPE

III.  THE RADIAL TYPE

IV.  THE ROTARY TYPE

V.  THE HORIZONTALLY-OPPOSED ENGINE

VI.  THE TWO-STROKE CYCLE ENGINE

VII.  ENGINES OF THE WAR  PERIOD