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- THE DOMINION OF THE AIR
- The Story of Aerial Navigation
- 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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