Dictionary of Aviation
Robert Morris Pierce
eBook
(, Jan. 2, 2014)
PREFACEScope. In the making of this dictionary the attempt hasbeen to produce a word-book for the use of persons interestedin aviation from any of the various points of view fromtuhich it may be contemplated, er from any of the severalstarting-points frem which it may be pursued. The subjectitself is indeed somewhat new, and net yet highly differentiated.Aviation as a whole involves in some degree net onlyvarious other arts, such as the arts of mechanical constructionand manipulation ; but various sciences, such as fysics, mathematics,mechanics, meteorology, climatology, astronomy, geographyand ornithology; as well as various professions and occupations,such as transportation, navigation, sport, politics,law, warfare, literature, etc. Airships have not only to be constructedand operated, but they have also to be considered asfactors in a world transforming process. Their gauzy wingscast strange shadows upon the pathway of humanity. Noman can tell just how and tuhen and where these airy mechanismsmay not Metamorfose the face of the globe, modify thestructure and distribution of the human race, and unravel orweave anew the social fabric.