The Aeroplane
Publisher: T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.
Published: 1914
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 280
Description: A very good untechnical survey of the state of aviation immediately prior to World War. In this respect the two chapters 'Aerial Warfare' and 'Twenty Years Hence' are particularly prescient. Illustrated by line drawings and 16 black and white plates. The book formed part of the 'Romance of Reality' series edited by Ellison Hawks.
Table of contents: title: Chapter I       What early history tells                              Chapter II    The work of Scientists; title: Chapter III     First fruits of study                                    Chapter IV   Otto & Gustav Lilienthal; title: Chapter V      Gliding flight                                              Chapter VI    "The Bird Man"; title: Chapter VII    Wilbur & Orville Wright                              Chapter VIII  The Wright motor-driven; title: plane; title: ChapterIX      Dawn of flight                                           Chapter X     Rival airmen; title: Chapter XI     A year of triumph                                      Chapter XII   Perils of the air; title: Chapter XIII   Military and-cross country flying               Chapter XIV  Sea-planes and airships; title: Chapter XV    Aerial warfare                                           Chapter XVI  At a modern aerodrome; title: Chapter XVII  The flying school                                      Chapter XVIII Touring by air; title: Chapter XIX   Twenty years hence