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Aeroplanes
by J. S. Zerbe
AEROPLANES
AEROPLANES
BY
J. S. ZERBE, M. E.
Author of Automobiles--Motors
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY
GLOSSARY
INTRODUCTORY
AEROPLANES
CHAPTER I
the atmosphere.
INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF GRAVITATION.--Gravity
cannot be produced or destroyed. It acts between
all parts of bodies equally; the force being
proportioned to their mass. It is not affected by
any intervening substance; and is transmitted
instantaneously, whatever the distance may be.
while in flight.
CHAPTER II
angle of incidence.
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
to the bi-plane.
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER X
3. Its mounting.
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
THE PROPELLER
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
THE END
counter currents.
Axially. Through the central portion. Thus, the shaft which goes
through a cylinder is axially arranged.
Apex. The point at which two lines meet; also the extreme pointed
end of a conical figure.
Alternate. First one and then another; going from one side to the
other.
Angularly. A line which runs out from another so that the two are
not parallel.
Bi-Plane. Two planes. In aviation that type which has two planes,
similar in size, usually, and generally placed one above the
other so they are separated the same distance from each other, as
the width of each of the planes.
Carbureter. The device which breaks up the fuel oil, and mixes
the proper quantity of air with it before it is drawn into the
engine.
power to accomplish.
Effective. To be efficient.
Equalizing, One made equal to the other; one side the same as the
other.
higher order.
Gravitatior The force with which all bodies attract each other.
Margin. The edge; the principal differecee betw een this word and
edge, is, that margin has reference also to a border, or narrow
strip along the edge, as, for instance, the blank spaces at the
edges of a printed page.
Neutralize. From the word neuter, which means neither, hence the
term may be defined as one which is not a part of either, or does
not take up with either side.
Pectoral. The bone which forms the main rib or support at the
forward edge of a bird's wing.
Sexagonal. Six-sided.
Sine of the Angle. The line dropped from the highest point of an
angle to the line which runs out horizontally.
Ultimate. The end; the finality; the last that can be said.
Velocity. Speed; the rate at which an object can move from place
to place.