Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911
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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight
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Preface
Contents
List of Plates
References
Part I. 1887 to 1896, by S.P. Langley.
Chapter I. Introductory.
Chapter II. Preliminary.
EXPERIMENTS WITH SMALL MODELS
Abbreviations
Example
EXPERIMENTS WITH AERODROMES NOS. 30 AND 31.
OBSERVATION OF NOVEMBER 20, 1891.
Chapter III. Available Motors.
INDIA RUBBER
STEAM ENGINE
GUNPOWDER
HOT-WATER ENGINE
COMPRESSED AIR
GAS
ELECTRICITY
CARBONIC-ACID GAS
Chapter IV. Early Steam Motors and Other Models.
Chapter V. On Sustaining Surfaces.
EXPERIMENTS IN THE OPEN WIND
RELATION OF AREA TO WEIGHT AND POWER
Chapter VI Balancing the Aerodrome
LATERAL STABILITY
LONGITUDINAL STABILITY
CONDITION OF AERODROME NO. 6, NOVEMBER 28, 1896
Chapter VII History of Construction of Frame and Engines of Aerodromes
1893
1894
1895
1896
Chapter VIII History of Construction of Sustaining and Guiding Surfaces of Aerodromes 4, 5 and 6
INTRODUCTION
1893
1894
1895
1896
Chapter IX. History of Launching Apparatus and Field-trials of Aerodromes 4, 5 and 6.
LAUNCHING APPARATUS
1892
1893
FIELD TRIALS29
1894
1895
1896
Chapter X. Description of the Launching Apparatus and of Aerodromes Nos. 5 and 6.
DESCRIPTION OF AERODROME NO. 5
DESCRIPTION OF AERODROME NO. 6
FOOTNOTES.
PART II. 1897 to 1903, by Charles M. Manley.
Chapter I. Introductory.
Chapter II. General Considerations.
Chapter III. Experiments With Models.
CONDENSED RECORD OF FLIGHTS OF AERODROMES NOS. 5 AND 6 FROM JUNE 7 TO AUGUST 3, 1899
Chapter IV. House-boat and Launching Apparatus.
Chapter V. Construction of Frame of Large Aerodrome.
TRANSVERSE FRAME
PROPELLERS
AVIATOR’S CAR
Chapter VI. Construction of Supporting Surfaces.
Chapter VII. Equilibrium and Control.
Chapter VIII. The Experimental Engine.
Chapter IX. The Quarter-size Model Aerodrome.
Chapter X. Construction and Tests of the Large Engine.
Chapter XI. Shop Tests of the Aerodrome.
Chapter XII. Field-trials in 1903.
PRESENT STATUS OF THE WORK
BLÉRIOT MACHINE OF 1907 ON LANGLEY TYPE
Appendix. Study of the American Buzzard and the “John Crow”.
SECRETARY LANGLEY’S INSTRUCTIONS TO ASSISTANTS
FOOTNOTES.
Data Sheets
DATA SHEET No. 1. Weight of Aerodrome No. 5, as photographed on May 11, 1896. Certified to by R. L. Reed, May 6, 1896.
DATA SHEET No. 2. Weight of Aerodrome No. 6. Certified to by R. L. Reed, November 27 and 28, 1896.
DATA SHEET No. 3.Weight of Aerodrome No. 6, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, June 7, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 4.Weight of Aerodrome No. 6, Superposed Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, June 13, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 5.Weight of Aerodrome No. 6, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, June 22, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 6.Weight of Aerodrome No. 5, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, June 23, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 7.Weight of Aerodrome No. 5, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, July 12, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 8.Weight of Aerodrome No. 5, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, July 19, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 9.Weight of Aerodrome No. 6, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, July 27, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 10.Weight of Aerodrome No. 5, Flat Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, July 27, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 11.Weight of Aerodrome No. 5, Superposed Wings and Pénaud Rudder. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, August 3, 1899.
DATA SHEET No. 12.Weight of Aerodrome, One-Quarter Model. Certified to by Chas. M. Manly, June 11, 1901.
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