Chanute, Octave 1832-1910

Flying machines construction and operation ; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship by William J Jackman ( Book )
5 editions published between 1910 and 2008 in English and held by 823 libraries worldwide

The papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, including the Chanute-Wright letters and other papers of Octave Chanute by Wilbur Wright ( Book )
13 editions published between 1953 and 2001 in English and held by 468 libraries worldwide

Progress in flying machines by Octave Chanute ( Book )
13 editions published between 1894 and 1997 in English and held by 300 libraries worldwide
This volume contains research that originally appeared in The Railroad and Engineering Journal between 1891 and 1893. In it, the distinguished French-born aviation pioneer Octave Chanute analyzed virtually every flight experiment up to that time, explained their flaws and focused attention on the principles that showed most promise. His data on flight control and equilibrium was crucial to the early designs of the Wright Brothers.

Aerial navigation by Octave Chanute ( Book )
6 editions published between 1891 and 1904 in English and held by 178 libraries worldwide

The papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, including the Chanute-Wright letters and other papers of Octave Chanute by Wilbur Wright ( Book )
1 edition published in 1972 in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide

The Kansas City bridge, with an account of the regimen of the Missouri River, and a description of methods used for founding in that river by Octave Chanute ( Book )
3 editions published between 1870 and 2005 in English and held by 76 libraries worldwide

Pocket-book of aeronautics by Hermann W. L Moedebeck ( Book )
3 editions published in 1907 in English and held by 56 libraries worldwide

Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906 : Memorial meeting, December 3, 1906 by Smithsonian Institution ( Book )
2 editions published in 1907 in English and held by 56 libraries worldwide

Pioneer work in modern wood preservation: Bethel, Boulton, Chanute. Commemorating the twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the American creosoting company by American Creosoting Company ( Book )
2 editions published in 1929 in English and held by 45 libraries worldwide
Contains a reprint of Bethel's Specification, also reprints of the Antiseptic treatment of timber by Boulton, the Preservation of railway ties by Chanute, and other papers from the transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Flying machines: construction and operations; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship by William James Jackman ( Book )
2 editions published in 1912 in English and held by 25 libraries worldwide