Cantelou, 1909, Études sur l'aviation
Maurice de Cantelou, Ingénieur A. et M. Étude sur l'aviation. Paris et Liège: Libraire Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, éditeur; successeur de Baudry et Cie. Paris, 15, rue des Saints-Pères, 15 Liège, 21, rue de la Régence. 1909.
[Brockett apparently in error has Études for Étude.]
A review of heavier-than-air aircraft types emphasizing airplane and helicopter, with diagrams and equations on aerodynamics and design. Aviation is defined at the outset as the art of imitating the bird, or more generally, heavier-than-air aerial navigation. This definition contrasts aviation with aérostation. Aviation is then divided into four categories, Orthoptères, Aéroplanes, Hélicoptères, and Appareils mixtes.
De Cantelou is a cipher, with no biographical data emerging from searches. The book was panned in a review for the Bulletin de la Société industrielle de Rouen by Marcel Vallemont.
| Original title | Étude sur l'aviation |
|---|---|
| Simple title | Study on aviation |
| Authors | Maurice de Cantelou |
| Date | 1909 |
| Countries | FR |
| Languages | fr |
| Keywords | history, airplane, orthopter, theory, mathematics, aerodynamics, glider, kite, parachute, stability, helicopter, heavier-than-air |
| Journal | |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 128 |
| Word count | |
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Sources
- Brockett 1910, page 173, entry 2496: Cantelou, de. Études sur l'aviation. Paris, Librairie Béragner, 8º, Vol. 1, 1909, pp. 128. (2496
- OpenLibrary (gives call numbers TL570 .C25 [Library of Congress] and 629.18 [Dewey Decimal] as well as OCLC/Worldcat linked below...
- WorldCat
- Abe Books where you can buy a "Good" condition copy of this work for $20 plus $3 shipping
- A PDF of this work comes up in search results, hosted by bibliotheques-numeriques.defense.gouv.fr, but doesn't load at this time. Try also another point of entry to this site.
- Presently working Russian source for scan
