Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-07
The Flying Machine.


| ltrom The san Francisco Chronicle july Cthl
| On Sunday morning, about iifteeT
| gentlemen proceeded on invitation
10 the shell Mound track, To witness
a trial Of Marrioti'a Aerial Carriage
lhey LETT San Francisco by The S::st
| a. NJ train, arrangements having
| been made that IL should stop al the
! Ayltor Works. Among those pres,
ent were the following gentlemen
General Cazneau, j Judge Campbell
Judge Rhodes, JiIdge Wright, Gen
eral Allen, Gen, raj Leonards, Majo,
Strobel, General Nhipple, Col. Ran
som, Captain Gedge, and Messrs
John Parrott, Rosenfeldt, Reding-
ton, Is. Dryfus, Geo. Merrill, A. G
Iierce, Iiburcio, Parrott, Richard
GhI,e!nery,, A. Houseworth, John
White, John Juan Foster, Prof f.. A
Nattini, and many others. In shane
The Avitor is very like a chrysalis
the ribbons at intervals adding great
~ To the resemblance Its shane
therefore, is that of acyiinder ending
NJ each end in a conc. It's length,
thirty feet-with rudder 35-heiyht
IN The center ii feet, and width S
leet. Around the balloon portion
which contains, When inflated, 1860
feet OF gas, is a light, but strongly
constructed frame work, ruuniu q
lore anu AT, and somewhat below the
middle of the balloon. Att its great
est width this is five feet wide. and
serves as support for the axles on
which the propelling fans revoIye. as
well as furnishing large Horizontal
plane surface, acting as parachute
on the motion of the machine. The
engine furnishing the motion power
Is placed beneath, and heat is obtain
ell by means of alcohol on cotton.
The whole machine, when not in
Hated, weighs eighty-four pounds.
when inflated it will lift probably
eight. On the arrival of the visitors,
the machine would not fly, owing to
| leakage, which it took some time to
repair ABOUT quarter past one,
however, the holes being mended
and the balloon well filled, her cap
abilities We're exhibited. The ma
chine lose to height of eight or ten
feet from the floor of the workship,
and Internationally flew-to the other
end of the room. Thus the fact of
us beng able to rise and proceed in
agiven direction is fully establish
ed But as We look at it, one con-
dition OF things is absolutely ncces-
sary--lt must be 4 calm day. Against
even very slight breeze the
AVitor cannot make headway 90
at right angle to Il current of air she
cannot. In one case, we doubt if
she can even remain stationary in
the other, leeway will absorb all her
progression. That Mr.. Marriott has.
10 certain extent, solved the pro b.
lem OF aviation or ;erial navigation
we are convinced, but that the A Wit
or can be put to any practical pur-
pose we are very doubtful. 1t is
very evident to every one who saw
the AvItor model working on Sun
day, that an enormous machine
would be requisite to raise the weight
OF an average human being. The
construction of the working model
Is OF the higest material. That used
IN a larger one designed for practical
purposes would have to be much
stronger and heavier in proportion
Ia the amount of gas used Inan in
The model. The engine and all in
connection with il viii he heavier
also, ana the whole machine, cap
able OF lifting one man, will be Il
gigantic fabric, Offering Il large sur
face to the action of the atmosphere,
whose currents we think it cannot
resist. We hope we are mistaken.
II we are, Mr.. Marriott has made by
his invention revolution equal to
those of Roger Bacon, Fulton and
=. f. +. Morse.