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قراءة كتاب Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space
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اللغة: English
Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space
الصفحة رقم: 6
imitators, p. 292—Mr. Henry Farman's successful flights, p. 293—Public demonstrations by the Wright brothers in America and France, p. 293—The English Channel crossed by Blériot, p. 294—Orville Wright fulfils the Government tests, p. 295—Spectacular cross-country flights, p. 296—The Wright brothers the true pioneers, p. 300.
ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE WRIGHT AEROPLANE IN FRANCE IN 1908 | Frontispiece |
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| "TAKING THE SUN" WITH THE SEXTANT | 22 |
| THE OLD AND THE NEW—A CONTRAST | 60 |
| MARINE ENGINES AND AN EARLY TYPE OF STEAMBOAT | 64 |
| THE STEAMSHIPS "CHARLOTTE DUNDAS" AND "CLERMONT" | 68 |
| THE "CLERMONT" | 72 |
| ROBERT FULTON | 98 |
| THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE BOAT "CUTTLEFISH" IN DRY DOCK AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD | 108 |
| A FLEET OF BRITISH SUBMARINES MANŒUVERING AT THE SURFACE | 116 |
| GEORGE STEPHENSON | 124 |
| A CENTURY'S PROGRESS IN LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING | 128 |
| CUGNOT'S TRACTION ENGINE AND THE "NOVELTY" LOCOMOTIVE | 132 |
| THE FAMOUS LOCOMOTIVES "ROCKET" AND "SANS-PAREIL" | 134 |
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE | 150 |
| THE HOBBY-HORSE OF 1820 CONTRASTED WITH THE MOTOR CYCLE OF TO-DAY | 154 |
| THE EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE | 156 |
| THE EXTREMES OF AUTOMOBILE DEVELOPMENT | 158 |
| AN ENGLISH STEAM COACH OF 1827 AND A NEW YORK TAXICAB OF 1909 | 162 |
| A RACING AUTOMOBILE | 166 |
| RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT IN TRANSPORTATION—THE DE WITT CLINTON TRAIN AND THE GYROCAR | 200 |
| TWO VIEWS OF MR. LOUIS BRENNAN'S MONORAIL GYROCAR | 216 |
| AN INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE | 242 |
| TWO FAMOUS FRENCH WAR BALLOONS | 264 |
| THE ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE BALLOON | 266 |
| AN ENGLISH DIRIGIBLE BALLOON | 268 |
| ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DIRIGIBLE WAR BALLOONS AND A WRIGHT AEROPLANE | 270 |
| THE AEROPLANE OF M. SANTOS-DUMONT |