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Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War

by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

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Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot. Catalog subjects include Aeronautics, Military; Airplanes, Military -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B2–C1 · Deep reading

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War is calibrated from 36,766 sampled words across 20 chapters: sentences average 25 words, 45% exceed 24 words and 11.6% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Extended sentences averaging 25 words, with 12.7% reaching 40 words or more

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11.6% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

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Table of contents

20 chapters

  1. 01PREFACE2 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT INTO MILITARY OPERATIONS9 min
  3. 03CHAPTER II. THE MILITARY USES of THE CAPTIVE BALLOON12 min
  4. 04CHAPTER III. GERMANY'S RISE TO MILITARY AIRSHIP SUPREMACY16 min
  5. 05CHAPTER IV. AIRSHIPS OF WAR18 min
  6. 06CHAPTER V. GERMANY'S AERIAL DREADNOUGHT FLEET12 min
  7. 07CHAPTER VI. THE MILITARY VALUE OF GERMANY'S AERIAL FLEET11 min
  8. 08CHAPTER VII. AEROPLANES OF WAR13 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VIII. SCOUTING FROM THE SKIES21 min
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. THE AIRMAN AND ARTILLERY10 min
  11. 11CHAPTER X. BOMB-THROWING FROM AIR-CRAFT19 min
  12. 12CHAPTER XI. ARMOURED AEROPLANES14 min
  13. 13CHAPTER XII. BATTLES IN THE AIR16 min
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII. TRICKS AND RUSES TO BAFFLE THE AIRMAN13 min
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. MOBILE WEAPONS.14 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XV. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. IMMOBILE WEAPONS17 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI. MINING THE AIR12 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII. WIRELESS IN AVIATION14 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII. AIRCRAFT AND NAVAL OPERATIONS18 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX. THE NAVIES of THE AIR15 min
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