Maxim, 1902, Aerial navigation by bodies heavier than air (1)

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Maxim describes progress in balloons and his whirling arm experiments. Comments by Percival Spencer and Humphrey Wingfield.


Original title Aerial navigation by bodies heavier than air
Simple title Aerial navigation by bodies heavier than air
Authors Hiram Stevens Maxim
Date 1902
Countries GB
Languages en
Keywords heavier-than-air, Hiram Stevens Maxim, Henri Giffard, La France, Charles Renard, Zeppelin, whirling arm, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, steam, propulsion
Journal Aër. Journ.
Related to aircraft? 1
Page count 6
Word count
Wikidata id

Sources

  • Brockett 1910, page 565, entry 8211: Maxim, Hiram Stevens. Aerial navigation by bodies heavier than air. Aër. Journ., Vol. 6, No. 21, 1902, London, pp. 2-7. S (8211
  • Scan at HT