Originally published in 1927, this volume was intended to fill the
dual role of textbook for the student of airship design and handbook
for the practical engineer. The design of airships, particularly of
the rigid type, is mainly a structural problem; and theoretical
aerodynamics has nothing like the relative importance which it bears
in airplane design. This is to be expected when we consider that the
gross lift of an airship depends solely on the specific gravity of
the gas and the bulk of the gas container, and not at all on shape or
other aerodynamic characteristics which determine the lift of
airplanes.
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