JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There’s nothing quite so satisfying as seeing a representation of quantitative data where the graphical displays are flying. “One Dreadnought Buys 52 Dirigibles and 235 Aeroplanes” is a full-page diagram appearing in the 3 June 1911 issue of the Illustrated London News , making a very strong point that in the new age of aviation the 2 million pounds it would cost to produce one battleship could also (or rather) buy a lot of aircraft.
You may notice that the ship is flying a U.S. flag–this is because the graphic appear a month or so earlier in the U. S. publication Scientific American, and the ILN is simply reprinting the info In any event the image enumerates U.S. and international aircraft, making for a lovely representation of a broad range of airplanes filling up the same sky.
