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Aërial Navigation / A Popular Treatise on the Growth of Air Craft and on Aëronautical Meteorology

Chapter 2: LIST OF PLATES
By Albert Francis Zahm
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The book surveys the development of human flight from early passive balloons through powered dirigibles to heavier-than-air craft, emphasizing substantive advances rather than anecdotal or unproductive experiments. It follows technical evolution—balloon types, non-rigid and rigid airships, model and manned gliders, and the rise of stable, powered aeroplanes—supplemented by plates and historical sketches. A substantial section explains atmospheric science relevant to navigation, examining air density, dynamic lift and resistance, prevailing currents, storms, and local gusts that affect performance and safety. Appendices gather quantitative data, mathematical notes, and experimental records for specialist readers while the main text addresses an informed popular audience.

LIST OF PLATES

FACING
PAGE
Plate I
Glaisher and Coxwell.
Parseval Kite Balloon.
66
Plate II
Haenlein’s Gas-driven Dirigible.
Wölfert’s Benzine-driven Dirigible.
Santos-Dumont’s Dirigible, No. 16.
98
Plate III
The Lebaudy.
La Patrie.
Lebaudy’s Morning Post.
116
Plate IV
La Ville de Paris.
Colonel Renard.
124
Plate V
Zodiac III.
Zodiac IV.
128
Plate VI
La Belgique.
Italian Military Dirigible No. I bis.
130
Plate VII
Clément-Bayard I.
Clément-Bayard II.
132
Plate VIII
U. S. Signal Corps Dirigible I.
Gross II.
138
Plate IX
Parseval I.
Parseval II.
140
Plate X
Gross III.
Zeppelin Airship Structure.
146
Plate XI
Zeppelin Dirigible Resting on the Water.
Zeppelin Dirigible over Zürich.
160
Plate XII
Henson’s Aëroplane.
Ader’s Aëroplane.
182
Plate XIII
Stringfellow’s Aëroplane (Front).
Stringfellow’s Aëroplane (Side).
186
Plate XIV
Phillips’s Tethered Aëroplane.
Phillips’s Aëroplane.
192
Plate XV
Langley’s Steam Model.
Langley’s Gasoline Model.
Langley’s Two Surface Gasoline Model.
194
Plate XVI
Lilienthal’s Monoplane Glider.
Lilienthal’s Biplane Glider.
Pilcher’s Monoplane Glider.
212
Plate XVII
Chanute’s Five-Deck Glider.
Herring in Chanute Biplane.
Herring’s Compressed-air Biplane.
218
Plate XVIII
Maxim’s Aëroplane.
Langley’s Large Aëroplane.
226
Plate XIX
First Wright Glider.
Second Wright Glider.
246
Plate XX
First Wright Aëroplane (Rear).
First Wright Aëroplane (Side).
248
Plate XXI
Montgomery’s Aëroplane.
252
Plate XXII
Santos-Dumont’s Biplane.
Santos-Dumont’s Demoiselle.
258
Plate XXIII
Farman Biplane, 1908.
Farman Biplane, 1909.
Harmon in Farman Biplane.
260
Plate XXIV
The Red Wing.
Curtiss Biplane.
Curtiss Biplane with Pontoons.
264
Plate XXV
Blériot Flying Over Toury-Artenay Circuit.
Blériot Monoplane No. VIII.
Blériot Monoplane No. IX.
268
Plate XXVI
Wright Biplane of 1908.
Standard Wright Biplane of 1910.
Wright Racing Biplane of 1910.
272
Plate XXVII
Blériot XI with Moisant Aviator on Mexican Border.
Blériot XII.
286
Plate XXVIII
Antoinette Monoplane of 1909.
Antoinette Monoplane of 1910.
288
Plate XXIX
Esnault-Pélterie Monoplane, Early Pattern.
Esnault-Pélterie Monoplane of 1910.
302
Plate XXX
Grade Monoplane.
Cody Biplane.
304
Plate XXXI
Fabre Hydro-aëroplane.
Paulhan Hydro-aëroplane.
Moisant Metal Monoplane.
332
Plate XXXII
Curtiss Starting from the Water.
Curtiss Biplane for Land and Water.
Curtiss Triplane Risen from the Water.
482