INDEX.
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- Added surface, method of, for the determination of ξ, § 243
- Aerial tourbillion the, § 30
- Aerodone; definition, glossary; trajectories of, § 176; ballasted aeroplane, § 162; experiments with, § 241 et seq.
- Aerodonetics, definition, glossary.
- Aerodrome, aerodromics, definition, glossary.
- Aerodynamic balance, construction of, § 242; employment of, § 246
- Aerodynamic support, theory of, § 112; field of force, § 113
- Aerofoil, definition, § 128, glossary; the, § 172 et seq.; plane and pterygoid, § 128; angles, table of, § 181; best value of β, § 173; form of, §§ 118, 119, 120, 188, 191; a standard of form, § 192; equivalent area, § 192; generation of vortices by, 117; grading of, § 192; pressure on, § 185; best pressure values, § 185; weight of, as affecting least resistance, §§ 169, 194; relative importance of weight, §§ 195, 196, App. IV.; hydrodynamic standpoint, § 189; discontinuity in peripteral system, § 189; angles of leading and trailing edges, § 188
- Aeroplane, the, § 128 et seq.; infinite lateral extent, case of, § 115; in Eulerian fluid, peripteroid motion, typical cases of, § 122; thickness, edge resistance, §§ 128, 158; considered as medium of experiment, § 128; resolution of forces, §§ 128, 156; history of experimental study, § 29; inclined, present state of knowledge, § 144; the sine-squared law of Newton, § 145; the sine-squared law at variance with experience, § 146; the falling plane, the experimentum crucis of the sine-squared law, §§ 145, 233; the aeroplane a problem distinct from the surface in presentation of a solid body, § 144; inclined planes of square proportion, Dines and Langley compared, § 147; centre of pressure, Joessel, Kummer, Langley, § 148; planes in apteroid aspect, §§ 150, 151; planes in pterigoid aspect, §§ 152, 153; superposed planes, § 154; the law of the small angle, § 159; the ballasted aeroplane, § 162; best angle of, § 172; aspect ratio influence on best angle, § 172; tables of pressure values, § 186; flow of Rayleigh-Kirchhoff type, §§ 152, 182, 183; compared to pterygoid form as organ of sustentation, § 184
- Albatros, wing pressure and velocity of flight, § 187; soaring energy available, App. V.
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