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Aerial Navigation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Arthur De Bausset

 
9780331978278: Aerial Navigation (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore a bold theory for flying machines that uses a vacuum to lift ships through the air, with practical designs and clear questions answered.

This nonfiction work surveys the problem of aerial navigation and presents a vacuum-based approach as a potential path to moving people and freight through the sky. It discusses the mechanics, experiments, and engineering ideas behind a large air-ship, including the role of motors, exhaust systems, and the weight balance essential to flight.

  • Understand the core idea: replacing gas lift with a controlled vacuum for ascent.
  • See how electric motors and exhaust systems are proposed to drive air-ship propulsion.
  • Learn about historical attempts and the practical questions the author raises about feasibility.
  • Explore the imagined design details and calculations that illustrate how such a craft could work.
Ideal for readers curious about the history of flight, early aeronautics ideas, and practical engineering debates about what it would take to fly in the air.

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