November 2013
Beginner
384 pages
11h 28m
English
Page references given in bold indicate illustrations.
abbreviators, discourse against, 151
Ackerman, James, 136
aerodynamics: and water flow, 33, 38, 58, 265, 267, 277–78
and bird flight, 186–87, 200–201, 252–53, 259–79, 269
compared to modern science, 265, 266, 267, 272, 278–79
and compressibility of air, 33, 252–54, 256, 266, 267, 278
and lift-to-drag ratio, 261–65
and mathematical reasoning, 261, 262, 263
and mechanical flight, 186, 251–54, 254, 255, 256, 256–60, 257, 260, 268, 272, 273, 274–76, 278–79
and pressure distribution, 262, 267, 278
and wind tunnel principle, 177, 261, 265, 278
air: as life-sustaining medium, 282, 298
mixed with blood, 284, 285, 286–87, 297, 298–99
Alberti, Leon Battista, 135, ...