02147cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000310012624500510015726400510020830000470025933600260030633700260033233800360035850000310039450802220042552010960064753400450174365300140178885600430180234633UtSlPG20260610133806.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d a31022958 aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aTL1 aGastine, Louis,d1858-193512aL'A. B. C. de l'aviation: Biplans et monoplans 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2010-12-14 aProduced by Laurent Vogel, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) a"L'A. B. C. de l'aviation: Biplans et monoplans" by Louis Gastine is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the principles and technologies behind aviation, focusing specifically on different aircraft types such as biplanes and monoplanes, and providing readers with insights into early aviation developments. The opening of the work establishes the context of human attempts to conquer flight, beginning with ballooning and evolving into the development of dirigibles and heavier-than-air craft. Gastine discusses the challenges faced in aerial locomotion, including limitations of altitude and atmospheric density, while introducing key concepts like buoyancy and air resistance. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the terminology associated with aviation, as well as the physics behind it, to clarify the journey of humanity toward successful flight. The early chapters set the stage for deeper explorations into the mechanics of flight and the historical figures instrumental in the field. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aAirplanes40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34633