, 1870-08-28
HUMAN FLYING.
First Perlod-Erom Time 1Infucnort.
al to the Year ls00s

al to the Year 1900.
l. Dedalus and Icarus.-Eve1y one knows |
tho NEUROLOGICAL fnble Of the fathc1 and his |
eon who flew 10 high that the sun melted the |
stuck together, and 30 they tell ard wsEe
killed. There Ia no doubt that this fable has
= true b1sia in IN experiment 10 1y which had
a fatal result, and Was afterw,sds recorded by
the ancient historians in their usual incorrect
aud absurd manner.
q. Ata1is, Scsthiau, Ascendea in the air on
an arrow, supported and propelled with Pc
crlia. wings, moved by mechanism, according
10 the historian Diodorus Of Sicily.
3, Strabo mentions that the Euptobatea
tried to Ascend iu tie mir, and :" filled tholr
wings for that purpose WITH smoke (heAted
j. ArchJ,as, geometrician of Tarentum,
Greece, tired also to dy. II Is not mentioned
b{ what means, bnt only that dnAlly he broke
| his neck i'll consequence.
s. In HAT, Turk, in CoustAntinop1e, AZ
tempted ~ tly on the occasion Of the public
| festival during the visit OF the Emperor Em-
gown extending beyond his Arms and logs:
probably suggested by the construction Of
bats wings, lie supposed that he would te
able to descend gently, reaching the ground
several thousand feet from the high building
from Which he started. He had announced
This e1tenrively. He moved lis arms for a
lorg time to and fro before taking the leap,
and, when he did 80. descended peIpsrdicu-
larry, aud was instantly killed, being dread
fully u.angled. This is mentioned By the his
torian kuoiles.
6. Roger Bacon, tho well-knowu English
monk Of the thirteenth century, made a ma
| chine in which one could sit down. aud By
1nssns Of wings. moved by tho arms and legs,
could 1iy like bind, and sustain ones self for
| short time.
:. Elmer. monk OF 1ls1mesbury. made, ac-
cozs1inS to Milton. in his history Of Great
Britain, wings attached 10 his hands and feet,
and tlew with them from tho top Of thu
Tower III London distance Of oue-cighth Of
a mile A e,1ong wind intesfcred With Ms
balance, sEta lie came down rather suddenly
| and broke both legs. But hs ascribed this
failIre-sti}i confident Of hnal success IL tho
aIt uf Nyipy-so his neglect of making him
te1f a tail Also. to eeIvu as rudder. Where-
with he intended to move tho tail il prob
lem.
I. G. Z. Daotc, mathematician in perugia
Italy. after having long praetieed Tying ose'
14co, started from the highest tower Of thu
+, city, a,,.l remained floating three hundred fee
high, directing lis course to 4 Determines
point. Enfor.unately, Que Of his wings be
came damaged, and lie fell on roof Of +,
!; chu,cl, and broke a leg, whercupon he wa
! ui.knam the modern 1caru4. Later h,
:, tanGht mathematics in Venice, aud lecturet
publicly Oh the art of dying. and the mean
>, NECESSARY for succest. Many Italians, French
men and Germans, encouraged By th:s studio.
|
u extensively.
2. 4 musician in Nuremberg dew very dex
terously about tlIe year l495. BY neAus Of tw
very large wings. An italian, named Buratini
;. brought the secret Of their construction I,
u France, but nobody would risk anF money II
= realize his plars.
= 10. Bolori. all Italian watchmakerln TTpyee
p France, after previously studying the fieht .
y birds, made wings with which he dew from
y church spire three times ACROSS different part
! ~ he NATrA i
u cansed him to fall, notwithstanding his u,
,, most exerticns against it, aud he was killed.
i II. ReinioT, locksmith, in Sable, France
offered flying machines for sAle in the yea
; y 1850: Re ascended, With one Of them, to th
:. height Of one hundred feet, and came dow
70 safely.
.s Il. Cook and Oliver, two Euglishmen,
=. ~ Mslnesbuly, ascenaed, in 1860, and, by moa1
- Of wings attached to the arms md legs. kel
~ floating for a considerable time, and can
II IL down without accident.
As 19- Elmero de Malmario, \ Spanish mon!
about the same time, tried TO hy in Il
n same manner, and. at first, with good euccea
~ but afterward it cost linn mis- life.
" ~ IA. The Jesuit priest Lana projected,
=. 1910. an aerial VESSEL, supported by fo'
~ globes, each of twenty-foltr feet diameter, u
80 - having vacuum insido. The vessel WAS VI
H.. s's Sided with mssts and sails. This was, ho
y never tried. The plan aud model were
~ that ever appeared, as ia often the case wi
~ - visionary Inventions.
ny Is. In the history OF ths travels Of Il
,. se French Ambassador to the Court Of Siam,
- 1854, publ,ahod in Paris few years later.
n1s mentioned siamcse pyrotechnist who =
~ cended on colossal ekJ-rccket several htl
~ ~ dred feet high in the air, and thsn opened
~ ~. large umbrella, with which he came dov
a. "a. slowly. This is remarkable, proving that I
~ pse Of rarachutes was kuowu nearly t1o hu
"a dred yeara ago in Eastern Asia.
LIZ l6. D. Schyf made, in l7i2, in Zaanda.
Holland, flying ship, called. ..thc new pe
n r. snd travelling machine but the inventic
; .e; like that of Lana DO. ~, WAS confined OF
W., ~ to motiess, and drawings tinely engraved
sn. copper, and extensively published at the tin
;i!E and sepuhlehed in 1912.
rs Is II. Don Francisco Guza,an, Of Lisbon, p
les tugai, made. in 1T45, Al eag1e, on which
~ eat, and Of which he moved the wings.
" flew with It across the River Taay. but the
w. QUESTION considered it sorcery and witchcEa
3i! ~ and he very wisely absconded eec.etIy, in
III, III der to escape the rack and stake.
'on Is. Father Galyen, q Dominican monk. p1
l,shed, in 1885, 4 work entitled L-trf lie Ma
gt1sr dams les Airs {The Art of Navigating
Alr), and proposed a co!o-sal aerial ship, Of
leas volume than lO0. .0O0. 100000 cnbic Il
ing, mada Of canyass. According 10 false 1eas
!; ing, lie supposed that the pressure Of the
: woIla keep it up without any other appafst
simply becauee It was open below. TEs, Il
ever, is another illnsioo.
II. Des Eorges. Atbo Of Etsmpes. tr
IN l7.2. to ily With wings similar to thos
inrects. aud to descend in a Eondola proI
With q parachute, but not with successful
suit.
20. Bacquevi!le, in 177s. f'ew from the
Of his hou4c III Paris, e Hue aIaaqua!, acl
the Ilue dos Saint peres and the River Sc
but he fell on eloor, and WAS injured.
81 Durnier projected. in lI83 an At
aloop. which could be steered At will. 1t
not. however, executed on practical seal
O.. Murray, in Portsmouth, Englana, l
made divers interesting experiments in taS
aud with the parachute; but blast Of '
made him fall, and lie died in consequenc
:. injuries received.
iSee %. Calais, in Paris. in 1797.' dew with VI
attnchel to bis shoulders, and which he nt
By his arms and legs. He had besides, a l
sail. expanded like d lAdy'e fan. Soon. I
ever, he made frightfui descent, but escs
almost rniraculous}v with his life
With the end Of the eighteenth centur
revolution took place in al attempts in tht
Of lying by the invention Of the bslloot
l7sa In England, Cavcndieh proved
pent possibility Of ascending in the air on e
ston experimental scale, while in France, Mont
thst hcr. in the same year, demonstrated it 7
He tica}ly On very large scale. without kn
edge OF Cavendi=h's experiments. as is
,irls. dent from the fact that lle used sery di
can | fpt n1inc;ple. hot air. while CsyeuJisa