A history of Aeronautics
Subtitle: With a section on progress in aeroplane design
Publisher: Collins Sons & Co.
Published: 1921
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 531
Description: A long and well-illustrated book (1st edition) but concentrating a little too much on America and Britain, whilst ignoring much of the French input. Nevertheless a good read for the aviation enthusiast interested in development up until the immediate post-WW1 period.
Table of contents: title: Part I          The evolution of the aeroplane (22 chapters); title: Part II         1903 - 1920: Progress in Design (4 chapters); title: Part III        Aerostatics (7 chapters); title: Part IV        Engine development (7 chapters); title: Appendices; title: A short bibliography of aeronautics.