The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-09-24

EXTRAORDINARY WALKING.-The
Pittsburgh Chronicle publishes the fol-
lowing extraordinary statement. We
90. it to our req lers as we get it:
"A man MalIiDg, Head Downward,
on the Ceiling .--Mr. John Nee ormick
gave private exhibition on Thursday
evening, at Lafayette Hall, of quite
a number Of philosophical experiments:
some the invention of Others. but MANY
as original as they were extraordinary.
Among them wcrc-a hydraulic seive,
for the illustration Of atmospheric pres
sure; fountain for showing the re-
ACTON OF water: N intermitting spring
Tor the Illustration of the ebbing and
flowing OF springs; an equilibrating
Jet tor sustaining an Illuminated tri-
pod: hydraulic machine for irving
the strength of tic lungs; and a com
pound gravltatinc air compressor, pro-
ducing a uniform current of air sus-
tanning an illuminated tripod and lift
ing 200 lhs. one inch in five seconds
by the force of the lungs. But the
most extraordinary experiment was that
Of walking (by means of shoes of
peculiar constrrc'; on,) IN an inverted
,',~i.io'', upon the under surface of a
highiy polished slab of Italian marble
nihe feet 10y three in dimensions, which
MY. NJ successfully performed-a feat
never before achieved by any man =
lie afterwards explained that a slight
detect IN the apparatus, easily rene
died, rendered lis task more arduous
than usual. After the exhibition, the
large audience present organized by
choosing William M. Shinn, ESQ.
Chairman, and J. II. Foster, Secreta-
ry-when CATER some remarks by Gen.
Larrmer) on motion of Fl. D. King,
Mcssrs. E. II. Hastings, Joseph Snow
den and W. B. Negley, were appointed
a committee for the purpose Of report
Ing a set Of resolutions.
The committee presented favorable
report, indorsing the statements made
above, thanking the lecturer and re-
questing him to deliver public course.
FLYING.-The following description
OF Spanish flying machine is being
pretty extensively noticed by the pa
pers:
The inventor Of this contrivance, Don
Diego de Salamanca, and his daueh-
ter, are about to arrive at Paris, to show
the effects Of this marvellous invention.
The machine is very simple; it consists
OF case two feet long and one foot
wide, adapted to band of leather
around the waist, buckled behind. Two
iron rods, fastened to the case, support
a small piece Of wood, on which the feet
repose. The case contains simnle
and ingcnio"s, mechanism, similar to
that e-.l Ioyed to set an automaton in
-.olon. The mechanism is worked bv
means ofahandle. 1t sets in work two
large wings ten feet long, made of very
thin caoutchouc, covered with fea theirs !:
and the wings may be so worked as to
produce vertical. perpendicular, or hor-
izontal flying. The number Of turns
given to the handle determine the height
to which it is desired to 60. The ham
die has also TO be turned every quarter
OF league, to regulate the distance.
The operation Of turning lasts about a
minute. Horizontal flying is the most
difficult; the wings beat the air like the
oars OF boat, or rather as the feet of
the swan when it swims. By means of
this curious machine man can 90 al
most as rapidly as carrier-pigeon-
from the Hotel de Vile to the Arc de
Triomphe de pEtoilc in eight minutes.
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