Project Gutenberg 2014-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 180 Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens) 1840 1916 32005194 Artificial and Natural Flight Produced by Charlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Artificial and Natural Flight" by Hiram S. Maxim is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the principles and experimental findings related to aeronautics, specifically focusing on the mechanics of flight, both artificial and natural. The book emphasizes the author's research and thoughts on flying machines, including the physics of flight, the study of air currents, and the mechanics of screws used in aeronautical design. At the start of the book, Maxim reflects on his lifelong fascination with flight, shaped significantly by conversations with his father, who had conceptualized a flying machine decades before. He discusses the evolution of his ideas, experiments, and personal observations that led him to conclude the best configurations for flight mechanisms—specifically, the need for effective screw propellers and aeroplanes. He challenges prevailing mathematical formulas used by contemporaries, asserting that his experimental data provides clearer insight into the principles of flight. Overall, this introductory portion sets the stage for a detailed exploration of aeronautical design and the underlying science of flight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45344/45344-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 62.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Airplanes Aeronautics Flight TL Text Category: Science - Physics Category: Engineering & Technology 475991 2025-07-18T10:41:14.429395 text/html 450357 2024-10-24T05:03:15 text/html 5113918 2025-07-18T10:41:29.134287 application/epub+zip 5115934 2025-07-18T10:41:19.028298 application/epub+zip 206181 2025-07-18T10:41:15.416265 application/epub+zip 6108525 2025-07-18T10:41:34.079185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5968889 2025-07-18T10:41:25.252221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291119 2022-09-20T17:12:45.076864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335397 2025-07-18T10:41:12.754282 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315418 2024-10-24T05:03:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17392 2025-07-18T10:41:34.256199 application/rdf+xml 13295 2025-07-18T10:41:15.561276 image/jpeg 1849 2025-07-18T10:41:15.489270 image/jpeg 4839875 2025-07-18T10:41:14.733306 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia