How It Flies, or the Conquest of the Air e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The Ships of the Air. He has explained the laws of their flight; sketched their development to the pres ent day; shown how to build the flying machine and the balloon, and how to operate them; recounted what man has done, and what he hopes to do with their aid. In a word, all the essential facts that enter into the Conquest of the Air have been gath ered into orderly form, and are here presented -to.