# Aeroplanes

Author: Zerbe, James Slough, 1849-1921

Genre: Category: Science - Physics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1445

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Aeroplanes+Zerbe&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The "Science" of Aviation. Machine Types. Shape or Form not Essential. A Stone as a Flying Machine. Power the Great Element. Gravity as Power. Mass and Element in Flying. Momentum a Factor. Resistance. How Resistance Affects Shape. Mass and Resistance. The Early Tendency to Eliminate Momentum. Light Machines Unstable. The Application of Power. The Supporting Surfaces. Area not the Essential Thing. The Law of Gravity. Gravity. Indestructibility of Gravitation. Distance Reduces Gravitational Pull. How Motion Antagonizes Gravity. A Tangent. Tangential Motion Represents Centrifugal Pull. Equalizing the Two Motions. Lift and Drift. Normal Pressure. Head Resistance. Measuring Lift and Drift. Pr...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/aeroplanes-1445/chapters/12/index.md)