Category: History - Modern (1750+)
This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have rotated some images. The caption for Figure 20 was illegible in the scanned pages so I used a description from a paragraph that referred to it.
This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have rotated some images. The caption for Figure 20 was illegible in the scanned pages so I...
3. Part 3*Location of Propeller.* The final factor of importance in the design of the successful dirigible is the proper location of the propulsive effort with relation to the balloon. T...
2. Part 2*Critical Size of Bag.* Next in importance to the best form to be given the vessel, is the most effective size—something which has a direct bearing upon its lifting power. This...
5. Part 5*Weakness of Type.* The L-I (_Luftschiff_, or airship), the first of the German airships designed for purely military purposes, was a Zeppelin 525 feet long by 50 feet in diamet...
4. Part 4In August, 1908, the Zeppelin left its great iron house at Friedrichshafen and sailed in a great circle over Lake Constance. The day after it started, however, it was destroyed...
6. Part 6*Equipment.* The paraphernalia required is quite as elaborate as that necessary to keep several aeroplanes aloft, though naturally of a different nature. It must all be readily...