Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-07-22

first made In the presence u the c,r-
strnc,ing engineers, several OF ,he ,h.,s-
holders Of the Aerial Steam NAyiya.i,,,
Company, number Of the einployas al
Residents in the neighborhood. The mon.
ing was beautifui and siill --sesreely t,
breath OF AR stirring. The ,zsreinsi..f
was fully inflated, aud tilr MODEL ~.
Heated out OF the buIldiuE IL xix min.
utes steam was got up iht luador tttt.
give slight curve ~ me course ii tL,
vesseJ-aDd the valves opened. with A..
first turn Of the prppellers rhe rorr .lyvl,
into the air, gradually Increasing ber
| speed until the rate five milez an bo,r
was attained. The position Of the rud-
der caused her 10 describe a great circle
around which she passed twice. occupy.
ing about five minutes each time Lam.
had been fastened TO both bow and st.rn
which were held by two men, who fl.
lowed her TRACK, and had sufii eient to d. n
keep up with her at a "dog trot." A. -he
completed describing the second circle. 4
pull given TO the head line, uninteniion-
ally, caused the rudder 10 shift 70 a ioro-
and-aft position, when the model pur-uad
straight flight about quarter If a mile:
she was then turned round, and retrsesd
her flight to the point Of departure
whence, being guided, she entered The
building. The fires were drawn, and TIE
first extensive flight of vessel for aerial
navigation was accomplished. The total
distance trayersed was little over mile
The appearance Of the vessel in the air
WAS really beautiful A seen in the
building she looks cumbrous and awk.
ward. The change OF appearance q, .he
is circling gracefully through the air. /,
equal to that Of a ship when fir-t seq in
the water The moment Of opening the
steam-yalye was one of suspeuse; a. the
vessel arose and moved slowly ahead, tie
suspense was scarcely dis.ipated bat IN
n very few seconds her speed increased
in obedience To the rudder he eommcnc.d
To swing round the curye--tbe men III
tie guys broke into a troc, and cheer
rose from the little group Of anxious spec
tator-.
The public exhibition was ATTENDED by
some slight accidents, bat elected mui
enthusiasm from the audience which bal
assembled IN hall where the trial ws-
made. The wind YVES - violent and IL
regular without that il was considered
unsafe 70 rick the model beyond the sht.-
ter The carriage mounted nearly u =.
roof wiih 4 firmue-- and s.eadIue~s equal
10 the movements of the ocean steamer NJ
smooth water. The guests cheered bong
and inIl. aid ia ny fairly danced VIII
deligAt ~ the success.
within few weeks the first large w.
III viii b. completed by the Aerial Ste4a.
Navigation Company.-one calculated
larry four Perrof.--and the principl.- .a-
yolyed iu IL construction VIII then
fully tested. The projectors consider 'f-
model carri =" h4- developed ~o fact. q
the greare-t isApsrtaHr, First. tLe e.
f-ctive power developed 10y ihe Trnp-l.---
j. greater than tbe estimated I9Htr
cord.nz s. the formulse ui sa:o-dyn ma .-.
aud second. the atmosphere r..-I-tas-
encountered hy the vessel wa- To- iia.
had been calculated. Con-eque ntly ris
speed attained was higher thaI. s.l- esq
mated aud at the next tIIal when 'te .'-
f.ctiye heating rurfase e the boiler SAB
be increased, q further clu-id,r8hle lI-
crca-- II speed VIII - at lined. S,1-
doubt ls- been pntrItained - 20 fl.e d.
ciliiy of -i..rin. the vessel Ihs-
shown - b. ;hr oa-i ~ part ui To- aa..-
ne-s. She oley- the dcH,cfiou- ID tbe
rudd Wi.h extreme -rr=ltiy.ns--. IL
j. under To most conn !ete CONTROL