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INTRODUCTORY FABLE 1

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CONCLUDING FABLE 327

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Santos-Dumont Coffee Plantation--Railway 11

Santos-Dumont Coffee Plantation--The Works 15

Henriques Santos-Dumont 25

The "Brazil"--Smallest of Spherical Balloons 43

Motor of "No. 1" 62

The "Santos-Dumont No. 1"--First Start 75

"No. 4"--Free Diagonal Movement up 83

"No. 6"--Free Diagonal Movement down 86

"The Housetops look so Dangerous" 94

Over the Bois de Boulogne. "An Ocean of Greenery soft and safe" 97

The Question of Physical Danger 101

"No. 9" catches Fire over the Ile de Puteaux 111

Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 115

Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 119

Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 123

Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 127

Start of "No. 3," November 13, 1899 131

"No. 4" 135

Motor of "No. 4" 139

Visit of Professor Langley 143

"No. 4"--Flight before Professor Langley 147

"Santos-Dumont No. 5" 152

"No. 5" leaving A?ro Club Grounds, July 12, 1901 158

"No. 5" returning from the Eiffel Tower 161

"No. 5"--Accident in the Park of M. Edmond de Rothschild 165

An Accident 170

Phase of an Accident 175

"No. 6"--First Trip 181

An Accident to "No. 6" 187

Scientific Commission of A?ro Club at the Winning of the Deutsch Prize 191

"No. 6" making for Eiffel Tower--Altitude 1000 feet 195

Round Eiffel Tower 199

Rounding Eiffel Tower 203

Returning to A?ro Club Grounds above Aqueduct 207

Medal awarded by the Brazilian Government 211

"No. 9"--Showing Captain leaving Basket for Motor 215

In the Bay of Monaco 219

From the Balloon House of La Condamine at Monaco, February 12, 1902 227

Wind A. Wind B 237

"Santos-Dumont No. 7" 249

"My present Aids understand my present Airships"--Motor of "No. 6" 261

"Santos-Dumont No. 5"--Showing how A?ro Club Grounds were cut up 267

First of the World's Airship Stations 271

"No. 7" 275

"No. 10"--without Passenger Keel 279

"Santos-Dumont No. 9" 283

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