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- INDEX.
- SAILING IN THE AIR.
- I.—INTRODUCTION.
- II.—HISTORY AND FABLE.
- III.—DISCOVERY OF THE BALLOON.
- IV.—NOTED AIR VOYAGES.
- V.—ABSENCE OF DANGER.
- VI.—CHARM OF ÆRIAL TRAVEL.
- VII.—ÆRIAL VOYAGES HEALTH PROMOTING.
- VIII.—PARACHUTES.
- IX.—THE KITE.
- X.—BALLOONS IMPRACTICABLE.
- XI.—REASONS WHY THE PROBLEM HAS REMAINED UNSOLVED.
- XII.—FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT.
- XIII.—WEIGHT.
- XIV.—SURFACE.
- XV.—POWER.
- XVI.—FLYING CREATURES, THEIR PROPORTIONS, MOVEMENTS.
- XVII.—MECHANICAL PRACTICABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL FLIGHT.
- XVIII.—FLYING MACHINES OF THE PRESENT, THEIR DEFECTS.
- XIX.—THE PRACTICAL FLYING SHIP OF THE NEAR FUTURE.
- XX.—WHAT THE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER WILL BE.
- XXI.—CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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