Aeroplane Designing for Amateurs: A Plain Treatment of the Basic Principles of Flight Engineering - Including Heretofore Unpublished Facts Concerning Bird Flight and Aerodynamic Phenomena

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1912. First Edition. Small Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy. 1912 Small Hard Cover. 176 pp. Red cloth boards with gilt title and gilt illustration of airplane on front board. Includes 82 black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: The Engineering Aspect: Sources of Data: Examples from Nature: Bird Investigations; Physical Research: Wind Tunnels; Models; Mathematical and Geometrical Analyses; Wing Design; The Wing in the Air: The Sustaining Function: Air Pressures against Normal Surfaces; Inclined Planes: The Visible and the Invisible Structures; The Division of the Air Flow; The Division of the Pressure; Curved Surfaces: The Angle of Incidence; Wing Sections; The Flexible Trailing Edge; Formative Functions; Wing Outlines: Aspect Ratio; Modification of the Wing Sections; Angles of Incidence; Wing Sizes; The Wings of Birds; Analysis of Wing Action; The Forward Resistances: Aerodynamic Drift; Frictional Drift; Head Resistance; The Energy Requirement: Recovery of the Work of Penetration: Stream-line Forms: Prevalence in Nature; Analysis of Experiments; The "Reaction Impulse"; The Factors of Efficiency; "Penetration Drift"; Application to All Elements of a Machine; Skin Friction; The Aerodynamic Condition; The "Tangential"; General Considerations; Equilibrium and Control: Automatic Equilibrium; Stability; Longitudinal Equilibrium; Separated Surfaces; Lateral Equilibrium; Dihedral Angles; Vertical Surfaces; Steering; Horizontal Steering; Vertical Rudders; Wing Warping; Vertical Steering; Horizontal Rudders; Elevators; Banking and Balancing; The Design of the Machine: Size: The Geometrical Considerations; The Disproportionate Increase in Weight; The Gain in Unit Sustention; Weights and Areas; Relation of Speed to Area; Variable Wing Areas; Arrangement of Surfaces; Ratio of Thrust to Sustention; Centers of Pressures and Loading; Location of Longitudinal Axis; Centers of Resistances, Thrust, and Mass; Controlling and Stabilizing Elements; Areas and Leverages; Symmetry of Effect; Demountability; Structures and Materials: Wing Structures; Wing Bars and Ribs; Fabrics; Fabric Coatings; The Body: Boat Forms and Structures; Housing and Protection; The Landing Gear; Protective Function; An Element in the Wing Bracing; Propeller Clearance; Ground Angle and Flying Angle; Runners and Wheels; The Hydroaeroplane; Compression Members; Wood; Metal Tubing; Combination Structures; Joints; Bolts; Sockets; Brazing; Clamps; Lashings; Tension Members: Wire and Cables; Minimization of Resistance; Attachment of Ends; Spliced and Lashed Eyes; Piano Loops; Wire Lashings; Tightening; Turnbuckles; Girder Members; Construction and Examples; Control Elements; Simplification of Control; Manipulations Involved; Control Stresses; The Magnitude of the Loads; The Balancing of the Loads; Pulleys and Chains; Reliability and Safety; Duplication and Inspection; Power and Propulsion: Energy Required; Level Flight; Climbing; Gliding; Soaring Flight; Power Plants; Gasoline Engines; Examples and Data; Steam Engines and Boilers; Tanks; Propellers; Propeller Pitch; Propeller Speed; Slip; Effective Surface; Thrust; Propeller Materials; Bearings and Lubrication; Bearings; Ball Bearings; Lubrication; Lubricants; Aeroplane Operation and Navigation: Starting and Landing; Prepared Areas; Water Surfaces; Influence of Wind; Properties and Phenomena of the Atmosphere; Inertia; Elasticity; Viscosity; Wind; Height of Flying; Elements of Safety and of Danger; Navigation; Maps; The Compass; The Dipping Needle; The Barometer; Terrestrial Markings; Speed and Distance Indicators; Night Flying; Rules of the Road and Laws of the Air; General Considerations; The Future of Flight: Safety; Size and Carrying Capacity; Speed and the Radius of Action; Economy and Efficiency; Utility; Application to Warfare.