, 1874-09-02
FLYING IN HI AIR.
(From the New York Herald.)

A despatch from London published some time
past conveyed the intelligence that another
lie has been sacrificed in the vain endeavour
to navigate the air. The account states that
"a man would attempt the perilOus feat while
IN mid air, of flying from a balloon to the earth
in a flying machine" The announcement had
drawn together an immense and curious crowd
to the Cremorne Gardens in London (Chelsea)
the balloon was cut away, and after rising a
short distance, the Professor was lowered and
hung suspended from the balloon by a rope
with the wings Of the machine extended. The
balloon assembled to considerable height, and
at a signal the rope was cut.
" Inc experiment, however, proved a total
failure. The Professor descended with fright
tul velocity to the ground and was instantly
Killed His body was horribly disfgured."
as aerial navigation is just now attracting
great attention, not only in Europe, but in
America, q HERALD representative was in
%structed to discover whether the daring exper-
imentali8t of London was known in this city,
and, if possible, upon what principles his ma
chine was constructed. Professor Tobin was
accordingly sought and the following con.
v~ersati0n occurred in the observatory of the
Colosseum -
E" Professor, do you know the man who has
just lost his life in London " taking a fyer2'
Never heard of him.
cit was a sensation at Cremorne Garden,
vas It not to draw money l'
"Undoubtedly."
you are interested in aeronautios-are you
not 2"
Eyes, and have been for years"
"Have you any objection to give the He.
RAID your ideas as to flying machines, their
praotioability, utility, &c. 2"
"N0ne whatever. | believe that the feast
bitifU Of Doviro4ipr 4Io nv will oOop ha dnY1OO-
strated. In fact, / have made this science a
study for years, and about the middle Of Au-
gust hope 10 have o machine in New York
the invention Of a Frenchman-With which a
man cannot only jump from the dome OF this
building with safety, but guide himself in mid
air with as much ease and certainty as screw
propellor3 are steered at sea-
Are you wiling TO explain The principles Of
this machine e.
"Certaialy in the first place imagine a
balance pole made of lancewO0d, about twenty
feet long, at each end Of which are gas recep-
%tacles; attached 10 this pole, and nicely bal,
Onoed, is small boat-a rowing boat, made
ataunch but light in the centre of this lanoa-
wood pole the motive power Tor screw by
working this with one hand only, the operator
Is enabled to gain velocity, and can either as
c8nd or guide himself IN any direction"
"But how would it be if lo wished TO des-
oeAd ~
"Ha has simply to remain quietly IN the
boat-in which he will be securely tied-and
he will float easily down to the earth instead
of falling wish the accelerated weight Of 80
p0unds-a mans weight-he would only fat,
with the accelerated weight Of five pounds on
account Of the b|uoyanoy Of the gas receptacles,
which are about ten feet in diameter, made of
the finest Chinese white silk and filed with the
purest hydrogen gas"
"HaVe yol made aerial navigation a stu
dy?'
eyes. Some years since there was an exhi-
bition in England Of all the apparatus for air
navigation, The Duke of Argyle was the
President Of the Aeronautio Society and Mr..
Thomas Breary was Secretary. There was
but one (out of several hundred sGhemos)
which was considered practicable. This was
an invention by a provincial working man nam
ed StringfelIow, and he received the med
all
as your Partisan flying machine based on
his discoveries ~
"No. It is based on the experiments of
years. The inventor is an enthusiastic French
man, and if it prove to be all that is claimed
for it, It will undoubtedly effect a revolution in
the science of air navigation.
Tr-ur on A "