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:A History of Aeronautics 
:by E. Charles Vivian
:1920


==FOREWORD==

Although successful heavier-than-air flight is less than two
decades old, and successful dirigible propulsion antedates it by
a very short period, the mass of experiment and accomplishment
renders any one-volume history of the subject a matter of
selection.  In addition to the restrictions imposed by space
limits, the material for compilation is fragmentary, and, in
many cases, scattered through periodical and other publications. 
Hitherto, there has been no attempt at furnishing a detailed
account of how the aeroplane and the dirigible of to-day came to
being, but each author who has treated the subject has devoted
his attention to some special phase or section. The principal
exception to this rule--Hildebrandt--wrote in 1906, and a good
many of his statements are inaccurate, especially with regard to
heavier-than-air experiment.

Such statements as are made in this work are, where possible,
given with acknowledgment to the authorities on which they rest. 
Further acknowledgment is due to Lieut.-Col. Lockwood Marsh,
not only for the section on aeroplane development which he has
contributed to the work, but also for his kindly assistance and
advice in connection with the section on aerostation.  The
author's thanks are also due to the Royal Aeronautical Society
for free access to its valuable library of aeronautical
literature, and to Mr A. Vincent Clarke for permission to make
use of his notes on the development of the aero engine.

In this work is no claim to originality--it has been a matter
mainly of compilation, and some stories, notably those of the
Wright Brothers and of Santos Dumont, are better told in the
words of the men themselves than any third party could tell
them.  The author claims, however, that this is the first
attempt at recording the facts of development and stating, as
fully as is possible in the compass of a single volume, how
flight and aerostation have evolved.  The time for a critical
history of the subject is not yet.

In the matter of illustrations, it has been found very difficult
to secure suitable material.  Even the official series of
photographs of aeroplanes in the war period is curiously
incomplete' and the methods of censorship during that period
prevented any complete series being privately collected.
Omissions in this respect will probably be remedied in future
editions of the work, as fresh material is constantly being
located.

E.C.V.                                        October, 1920.


==CONTENTS==

:Part I--THE EVOLUTION OF THE AEROPLANE
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 01 Evolution of the Aeroplane Early Phase|I.  THE PERIOD OF LEGEND]]
: [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 01 Evolution of the Aeroplane Early Phase|II.  EARLY EXPERIMENTS]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 01 Evolution of the Aeroplane Early Phase|III.  SIR GEORGE CAYLEY--THOMAS WALKER]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 01 Evolution of the Aeroplane Early Phase|IV.  THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY]]
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 01 Evolution of the Aeroplane Early Phase|V.  WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 02 Evolution of the Aeroplane Age of the Giants|VI.  THE AGE OF THE GIANTS]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 02 Evolution of the Aeroplane Age of the Giants|VII.  LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER]]
: [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 02 Evolution of the Aeroplane Age of the Giants|VIII.  AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 02 Evolution of the Aeroplane Age of the Giants|IX.  NOT PROVEN]]
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 02 Evolution of the Aeroplane Age of the Giants|X.  SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 02 Evolution of the Aeroplane Age of the Giants|XI.  THE WRIGHT BROTHERS]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 03 Evolution of the Aeroplane Years of Conquest|XII.  THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST]]
: [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 03 Evolution of the Aeroplane Years of Conquest|XIII.  FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 03 Evolution of the Aeroplane Years of Conquest|XIV.  RHEIMS, AND AFTER]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 03 Evolution of the Aeroplane Years of Conquest|XV.  THE CHANNEL CROSSING]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 03 Evolution of the Aeroplane Years of Conquest|XVI.  LONDON TO MANCHESTER]]
: [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 03 Evolution of the Aeroplane Years of Conquest|XVII.  A SUMMARY--TO 1911]]
:[[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 04 Evolution of the Aeroplane Pre-war,WW1, Post-war to 1920|XVIII.  A SUMMARY--TO 1914]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 04 Evolution of the Aeroplane Pre-war,WW1, Post-war to 1920|XIX.  THE WAR PERIOD--I]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 04 Evolution of the Aeroplane Pre-war,WW1, Post-war to 1920|XX.  THE WAR PERIOD--II]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 04 Evolution of the Aeroplane Pre-war,WW1, Post-war to 1920|XXI.  RECONSTRUCTION]]
: [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 04 Evolution of the Aeroplane Pre-war,WW1, Post-war to 1920|XXII.  1919-1920]]

:Part II--1903-1920: PROGRESS IN DESIGN
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 05 Progress in Design|I.  THE BEGINNINGS]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 05 Progress in Design|II.  MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 05 Progress in Design|III.  PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 05 Progress in Design|IV.  THE WAR PERIOD]]

:Part III--AEROSTATICS
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|I.  BEGINNINGS]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|II.  THE FIRST DIRIGIBLES]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|III.  SANTOS-DUMONT]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|IV.  THE MILITARY DIRIGIBLE]]
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|V.  BRITISH AIRSHIP  DESIGN]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|VI.  THE AIRSHIP  COMMERCIALLY]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 06 Aerostatics|VII.  KITE  BALLOONS]]

:PART IV--ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|I.  THE VERTICAL TYPE]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|II.  THE VEE TYPE]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|III.  THE RADIAL TYPE]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|IV.  THE ROTARY TYPE]]
:    [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|V.  THE HORIZONTALLY-OPPOSED ENGINE]]
:   [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|VI.  THE TWO-STROKE CYCLE ENGINE]]
:  [[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 07 Engine Development|VII.  ENGINES OF THE WAR  PERIOD]]

:[[Aeronautics_History_Vivian_1920 08 Appendixes|APPENDICES]]


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