Nonfiction · 1902
The Dominion of the Air
The Story of Aerial Navigation
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Contents
- Chapter I — The Dawn of Aeronautics
- Chapter II — The Invention of the Balloon
- Chapter III — The First Balloon Ascent in England
- Chapter IV — The Development of Balloon Philosophy
- Chapter V — Some Famous Early Voyagers
- Chapter VI — Charles Green and the Nassau Balloon
- Chapter VII — Charles Green—Further Adventures
- Chapter VIII — John Wise—The American Aeronaut
- Chapter IX — Early Methods and Ideas
- Chapter X — The Commencement of a New Era
- Chapter XI — The Balloon in the Service of Science
- Chapter XII — Henry Coxwell and His Contemporaries
- Chapter XIII — Some Noteworthy Ascents
- Chapter XIV — The Highest Ascent on Record
- Chapter XV — Further Scientific Voyages of Glaisher and Coxwell
- Chapter XVI — Some Famous French Aeronauts
- Chapter XVII — Adventure and Enterprise
- Chapter XVIII — The Balloon in the Siege of Paris
- Chapter XIX — The Tragedy of the Zenith—The Navigable Balloon
- Chapter XX — A Chapter of Accidents
- Chapter XXI — The Coming of the Flying Machine
- Chapter XXII — The Story of the Spencers
- Chapter XXIII — New Departures in Aerostation
- Chapter XXIV — Andree and His Voyages
- Chapter XXV — The Modern Airship—In Search of the Leonids
- Chapter XXVI — Recent Aeronautical Events
- Chapter XXVII — The Possibilities of Balloons in Warfare
- Chapter XXVIII — The Constitution of the Air
- Chapter XXIX — Conclusion
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