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The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton
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VI. THE PARACHUTE
VII. SOME BRITISH INVENTORS OF AIR-SHIPS
VIII. THE FIRST ATTEMPTS TO STEER A BALLOON
IX. THE STRANGE CAREER OF COUNT ZEPPELIN
X. A ZEPPELIN AIR-SHIP AND ITS CONSTRUCTION
XI. THE SEMI-RIGID AIR-SHIP
XII. A NON-RIGID BALLOON
XIII. THE ZEPPELIN AND GOTHA RAIDS

PART II. AEROPLANES AND AIRMEN

XIV. EARLY ATTEMPTS IN AVIATION
XV. A PIONEER IN AVIATION
XVI. THE "HUMAN BIRDS"
XVII. THE AEROPLANE AND THE BIRD
XVIII. A GREAT BRITISH INVENTOR OF AEROPLANES
XIX. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THEIR SECRET EXPERIMENTS
XX. THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE
XXI. THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE (Con't.)
XXII. THE AEROPLANE ENGINE
XXIII. A FAMOUS BRITISH INVENTOR OF AVIATION ENGINES
XXIV. THE WRIGHT BIPLANE (CAMBER OF PLANES)
XXV. THE WRIGHT BIPLANE (Cont.)
XXVI. HOW THE WRIGHTS LAUNCHED THEIR BIPLANE
XXVII. THE FIRST MAN TO FLY IN EUROPE
XXVIII. M. BLARIOT AND THE MONOPLANE
XXIX. HENRI FARMAN AND THE VOISIN BIPLANE
XXX. A FAMOUS BRITISH INVENTOR
XXXI. THE ROMANCE OF A COWBOY AERONAUT
XXXII. THREE HISTORIC FLIGHTS
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