The Romance of Aeronautics

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Excerpt from The Romance of Aeronautics: An Interesting Account of the Growth Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft In collecting the material for this book, which seeks to convey some impression of the romance and adventure that have ever characterised research and experiment in aerial navigation, I have been assisted by many people. And I desire to acknowledge the kindness of Messrs. Wilbur and Orville Wright, who assisted me in chapters xvii, xviii, and xix by giving me permission to use certain material that was published first in America, and who also guided me in the selection of other matter relating to their work. Also, I am under an obligation to the various publishers for permission to make extracts from My Airships by Santos-Dumont (London: Mr. Grant Richards, New York: The Century Company), The Aviator's Companion, by Messrs. Farman (Messrs. Mills Boon), and Andrée and his Balloon, by Lachambre and Machuron (Messrs. Constable). The diagrams on pages 24, 46, and 48 were lent by the Aeronautical Society, and the diagrams on pages 226 and 227 by Messrs. Longmans, Green Co. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.