The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning
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This is a 1910 Book about the science of model airplanes, illustrated with photographs and diagrams. The 148 pages of text are followed by 56 pages of ads, including a flyer for "Make Your Own Glider."
Chapters (277)(click to expand)
- THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MODEL AEROPLANING
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN MODEL AEROPLANING.
- MODEL AEROPLANING
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. THE QUESTION OF WEIGHT.
- CHAPTER II. THE QUESTION OF RESISTANCE.
- CHAPTER III. THE QUESTION OF BALANCE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE MOTIVE POWER.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV. USEFUL NOTES, TABLES, FORMULÆ, ETC.
- APPENDIX A.
- FOOTNOTES:
- A SHORT LIST OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY E. & F.N. SPON, Limited,
- AERONAUTICS.
- AGRICULTURE.
- ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING.
- ARTILLERY.
- BRIDGES, ARCHES, ROOFS, AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN.
- CEMENT AND CONCRETE.
- CIVIL ENGINEERING.
- DICTIONARIES.
- DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
- DRAWING.
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
- FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
- GAS AND OIL ENGINES.
- GAS LIGHTING.
- HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
- HOROLOGY.
- HYDRAULICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY.
- INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND MANUFACTURES.
- IRRIGATION.
- LOGARITHM TABLES.
- MARINE ENGINEERING AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
- MATERIALS.
- MATHEMATICS.
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
- METALLURGY.
- METRIC TABLES.
- MINERALOGY AND MINING.
- ORGANISATION.
- PHYSICS.
- PRICE BOOKS.
- RAILWAY ENGINEERING.
- SANITATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING.
- STRUCTURAL DESIGN.
- TELEGRAPH CODES.
- WARMING AND VENTILATION.
- WATER SUPPLY.
- WORKSHOP PRACTICE.
- USEFUL TABLES.
- MISCELLANEOUS.
- SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
- E. & F.N. SPON, Ltd., 57 Haymarket, London, S.W.
- The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute.
- The Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
- The Proceedings of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers.
- The Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.
- Transactions of the Institution of Gas Engineers.
- Proceedings of the International Association for Testing Materials.
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