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Alberto Santos-Dumont | Frontispiece | |
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 (First Phase) | 115 | |
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (Second Phase) | 119 | |
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (Third Phase) | 123 | |
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (Finale) | 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 Aëro 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 |
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