The Mastery Of The Air

• Main Author: Claxton, William J.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Blackie 1914
• Subjects: Aeronautics; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/71920

The Mastery Of The Air Balloons and air-ships. Man's duel with nature -- The French paper-maker who invented the balloon -- The first man to ascend in a balloon -- The first balloon ascent in England -- The father of British aeronauts -- The parachute -- The first attempts to steer a balloon -- The first British air-ships -- Count Zeppelin and his air-ships -- A Zeppelin air-ship and its construction -- Semi-rigid and non-rigid air-ships -- British air-ships -- The first air-ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean -- British non-rigids in the war --Zeppelin raids on Britain -- Britain's mastery of the Zeppelins -- Aeroplanes and airmen. Early attempts in aviation -- A pioneer in aviation -- The "human birds" -- The aeroplane and the bird -- A great British inventor of aeroplanes -- The Wright Brothers and their secret experiments -- The internal-combustion engine -- The internal-combustion engine (continued) -- The aeroplane engine -- The Wright biplane (camber of planes) -- The Wright biplane (continued) -- The first man to fly in Europe -- M. Bleriot and the monoplane -- Henri Farman and the Voisin biplane -- The romance of a cowboy aeronaut -- Some historic flights -- The first crossing of the Atlantic -- A pioneer of Empire Airways -- The hydroplane and air-boat -- The sea-plane in warfare -- The Royal Air Force -- Aeroplanes as fighting forces -- Specialized aeroplanes -- The Gothas -- How Britain beat the Gothas -- How Britain beat the Gothas (continued) -- Out on the lonely barrage -- The independent force, R.A.F. -- The Rolands of the air -- Invention and scientific discovery -- The atmosphere and the barometer -- How an airman knows what height he reaches -- The meteorological section, R.A.F. -- How an airman finds his way -- Some technical terms used by aviators -- "Per ardua ad astra" -- Post-war developments in aviation -- What of the future?