CONTENTS.

1. SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY.
   
2. STORY OF EXPERIMENTS IN MECHANICAL FLIGHT
   By S. P. Langley.
3. THE AERODROMES IN FLIGHT
4. AERODROME NO. 5, '96
   
5. RECENT EXPERIMENTS IN GLIDING FLIGHT.
   By Octave Chanute.
6. RECENT ADVANCES TOWARD A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF THE CENTURY
   By A. M. Herring.
7. OTTO LILIENTHAL. A Memorial Address
   By Karl Müllenhoff.
   
8. OUR TEACHERS IN SAILING FLIGHT
   By Otto Lilienthal.
9. AT RHINOW
   By Otto Lilienthal.
10. THE BEST SHAPES FOR WINGS
    By Otto Lilienthal.
11. SAILING FLIGHT. (Conclusion.) Begun in No. 2
    By Octave Chanute.
12. THE WAY OF AN EAGLE IN THE AIR
    By E. C. Huffaker.
13. SCREW-PROPELLERS WORKING IN AIR
    By Hiram S. Maxim.
14. GLIDING EXPERIMENTS
    By Percy S. Pilcher.
15. MISCELLANY
    Carbonic Acid or Air.--Professor Zahm's Experiments.-- Blue Hill Aerial Explorations.--A Keel Kite.--A Rubber-propelled Model. -- Methods of launching Aerial Machines.--The Albatross.--Plates XVII. and XVIII.-- The Secret.--Blue Hill Measurements of the Velocity of Flying Ducks, etc., etc.
    
16. EDITORIAL.
    The Scientific Value of Flying Models.--Motive Power for Flying Models.-- An Important Work.--Koch's Apparatus, etc, etc.
    
17. LIST OF PLATES

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