THE DYNAMICS OF

MECHANICAL

FLIGHT

MECHANICAL FLIGHT

Lectures delivered at the Imperial College of Science
and Technology, March, 1910 and 1911

BY

SIR G. GREENHILL

NEW YORK

D. VAN NOSTRAND CO.

TWENTY-FIVE PARK PLACE

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

PAGE

1

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT, LIGHT AND DRIFT.

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II. CALCULATION OF THRUST AND CENTRE OF PRESSURE

OF AN AEROPLANE

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III. HELMHOLTZ-KIRCHHOFF THEORY OF A DISCONTINUOUS

STREAM LINE

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