Moedebeck, 1907, Pocket-Book of Aeronautics

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Edited by Hermann W. L. Moedebeck, originally in German (Taschenbuch, 1904) then translated into English by W. Mansergh Varley, and expanded with a chapter on "Artificial Flight" by Octave Chanute.[1]

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The English PBA was published by Whittaker & Co, also the publisher of Artificial and Natural Flight, in which this advertisement appears at the front.

Hiram Stevens Maxim recommended the Pocket-Book of Aeronautics highly (with a caveat) in 1909:

During the last few years, a considerable number of text-books and scientific treaties have been written on the subject of artificial flight, the most elaborate and by far the most reliable of these being the "Pocket-Book of Aeronautics" by Herman W. L. Moedebeck, Major und battaillons Kommandeur im Badischen Fussartillerie Regiment No. 14; in collaboration with O. Chanute and others. Translated by W. Mansergh Varley, B.A., D.Sc., Ph.D., and published by Whittaker & Co… This work does not, however, confine itself altogether to flying machines, but has a great deal of information which is of little or no value to the builder of true flying machines; moreover, it is not simple enough to be readily understood by the majority of experimenters.[2]

References

  1. Short, 2011, p. 269. "For the past several years, Chanute had worked with W. Mansergh, Varley from England on translating Moedebeck's Taschenbuch of 1904. The attractive Pocket-Book of Aeronautics arrived late in April 1907 and Chanute liked seeing his contribution on 'Artificial Flight.'"
  2. Maxim, 1909, Artificial and Natural Flight, p. ix.


Original title In collaboration with O. Chanute and others. Pocket-book of aeronautics
Simple title Pocket book of aeronautics
Authors Hermann Moedebeck, Octave Chanute, W. Mansergh Varley
Date 1907
Countries GB
Languages en
Keywords aeronautics, collaboration, LTA, meteorology, propulsion, translation, general
Journal Pocket Book of Aeronautics
Related to aircraft? 1
Page count 500
Word count
Wikidata id


Sources

  • Brockett 1910, page 597, entry 8689: Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. In collaboration with O. Chanute and others. Pocket-book of aeronautics. Authorized English edition translated by W. Mansergh Varley, B. A., D. Sc., Ph.D. London, 1907, pp. xiv+496, figs. 134. S (8689

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