Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-15
MORNING LEADER.
TUEsDAY mORNING. sEPT. IS, 1855,
A Grand Invention or a Grand Humbug.

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Grand Invention or a Grand Humbug.
es-,- How to ~ in the air and bring erial
saiss7 navigation down to scientific and accom-
nez,ip iplishsd fact has long been a study and
puzzle to inventors. The New York Her
-. = - AID slariles its readers with minute ac
count Of The trial tripOf flying machine,
a7se aisaid TO have been brought to perfection by
one Dr.. Solomon Andrews, Of Perth Am
- = boy, N. ]. To be sure the whole story
reads like the tale of the ssa-serpent (no
sIs : 3 pan, il ihtshdsd) and the New York Evening
Post says the whole Thug was ridiculous
failure, but every sensation is readable,
snd Sc ne quote from the Herald.
su yal-eDr Andrews commenced the c5nstruc-
szs lion Of his machine about year ago, up
-9 on his own responsibility, not being able
10 secure the aid Of the War Department
s q His machine cOntained $4,000 cubic feet of
gas. and was calculated to carry three men
in addition to all the machinery. The
Herald reporter gives the following report
4, s. Of the successful trial trip Of this aston
ishing invention:
b1a have sent our reporters at three different
'at times TO witness his experiments with his
msohine, and have watched. its progress
with great interest
- ats form was that of three segars point
li ie ed at both ends, secured together at their
p sn2 longitudinal eqUators covered by net,
sie z' and supporting by one hundred and twenty
'1'i4 cords car sixteen feet below under It's
centre.
,ia-l'-a FilTbe car was twelve feet long, made of
e sl basket work, and was sixteen inches wide
lais ct the bottom. The nrostat or eylin-
E1 droids were made Of vanished linen, like
ordinary balloons.
-yoaoH a on FRIDAY, the 4th instant, he made
$50 f15 his last experiment, and demonstrated to
lD & an admiring crowd the possibility Of going
against the wind, and OF guiding her IN
sHy aud every direction with a small rud-
f1p - der having only seventeen square feet Of
a5 20 surface. BE made no long flight in one
81 @ strsight line lest his nlodlrs opsr1adi should
be diVuIged; but BY most ingenious plan
ilai demonstrated her capabilities beyond all
BE- q possibility OF doubt whilst he prevented
b 1ah 3 public knowledge Of his method Of pro-
pelling.
himself and 5 few friends that all was
right, and that she would do all he had
1ot contemplated, he set her of in spiral
is.5sD course upward, she going at rate Of moi
uan less than one hundred and twenty miles
81 ri per horr, and describing circles in the ali
Linb Of more than one and a half miles In cir
la2i.isd enmferenee She made twenty revolutions
1sse1 before she entered the upper strata o.
( 90 clouds snd was lost to view. She passed
3 1i1a7 through the first straits Of dense white
'iiat clouds, about two miles high, scattering
ffrE them. as she entered, in all directions In
aioa hsr upward flight could be distinctly seer
zF zsa her rapid movement in contrary direc
tion 10 the moving clouds, and as she came
laI 9n1 before the wind passing by them with
'ie great celerfty AS she was distinctly seer
Faa @ thus 10 move, both below aud above the
Esfz clouds on the clear blue sky At o'clock, P
20 r., with the sun shining shining clear up
-iot on her there could be no mistake or Opt
a---iaal- AL -daIusion to the beholder.
''s p sppsratus It beh00vss Ossa-azd mntiyt
sl14 q It might be considered contraband OF war
1sE or aHording aid and comfort to the enemy
for with such machine in the hands o
p e7 JEFF Davis the armies, around Washington
u Li would be powerless to preserve the capital
ave think DR.. Andrews deserves NOR
2 @ praise for the patriotic ingenuity witt
a-isl which he has preserved his secret and ye
~ tried his grand experiment IN the open al
p oi before the public than even that manifest
= 1aa ed in the conception and construction o
his mschine OF that ard its beautiful
9 - simplicity we may have occasion to speRl
9sl- hereafter We have the Documents