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INDEX.

SAILING IN THE AIR.

I.—INTRODUCTION.

II.—HISTORY AND FABLE.

III.—DISCOVERY OF THE BALLOON.

V.—ABSENCE OF DANGER.

VI.—CHARM OF ÆRIAL TRAVEL.

VII.—ÆRIAL VOYAGES HEALTH PROMOTING.

VIII.—PARACHUTES.

IX.—THE KITE.

X.—BALLOONS IMPRACTICABLE.

XI.—REASONS WHY THE PROBLEM HAS REMAINED UNSOLVED.

XII.—FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT.

XIII.—WEIGHT.

XIV.—SURFACE.

XV.—POWER.

XVI.—FLYING CREATURES, THEIR PROPORTIONS, MOVEMENTS.

XVII.—MECHANICAL PRACTICABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL FLIGHT.

XVIII.—FLYING MACHINES OF THE PRESENT, THEIR DEFECTS.

XIX.—THE PRACTICAL FLYING SHIP OF THE NEAR FUTURE.

XX.—WHAT THE CHANGES FOR THE BETTER WILL BE.

XXI.—CONCLUDING REMARKS.