View source for Alexander, 1902, The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation

Mostly history, with emphasis on recent achievements in dirigibles and some other airships. 

{{Publication
|Original title=The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation
|Simple title=The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation
|Authors=John Alexander; Hiram Stevens Maxim
|Date=1902
|Countries=US
|Languages=en
|Keywords=LTA; dirigible; navigation; history; Camille Flammarion; Salomon August Andrée; Perceval Spencer; Stanley Spencer; John Mackenzie Bacon; Henry de La Vaulx; Hiram Stevens Maxim; Alberto Santos-Dumont; military; communications; instrument
|Related to aircraft=1
|Page count=160
|Word count=
}}
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=== Sources ===
* [[Brockett 1910]], page [https://archive.org/details/bibliographyaer02brocgoog/page/37 37], entry 499: Alexander, John. The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation, by John Alexander; with preface by Sir Hiram Maxim. New York, A. Wessels Company, 1902, pp. 160, front., ills.; port. 10. LC (499
* [https://archive.org/details/conquestairroma00alexgoog Scan] at Internet Archive (one of several available copies)