The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-05
soHROEDERs AERIAL SHIP.
A Description OF the working Appa'
ratus.-W hat the Inventor Says he
can dO.-lsOw the North role ~ 10
be Discovered.

Work has been commenced on the
ship, and is confidently expecting
that she will be ready for her trial
trip in about two weeks. The Skel-
eton Of the ship is made Of double
o wire, braced Iongthwse by single
0 wire. Tho ship itself is eighty
five feet long, nine feet high, and
eight feet wide, and in shape resem-
bIes long steamship hull, with the
exception that the fore and aft pro
iections extend about seven feet
from the body of the ship. Tae
iron shaft runs lengthwise, the push
ing propeller being attached to one
end, aud the pulling propeller to
the other, in order that they can be
worked to thu best advantage, and
to allow the ship to turn around on
its own pivot in the air. Under
meath are two rudders, one fore and
one aft, for steering purposes. On
making the ascent, tho pulling pro
peIlor win be put in motion, assisted
by the pushing propeller and the
rudders, and thus the inventor con-
tidently expects to be able to go
whithersoever he will.
The ship is attached to the balloon
by l,496 ropes, situated at equal dis
tsnces apart, in order to preserve as
exact II balance as possible. The ca
pacity of the balloon is 265 ,9l9 cubic
feet, Hydrogen gas will be used,
and the substance is so light that il
is calculated that one cubic foot will
have u lifting power OF one and
threeQuarter ounces, thus making
the lifting power Of the balloon
about 29, 1000 pounds or nearly fifteen
tons. II is not probable that the
balloon will be inflated to it's full
capacity, inasmuch as the extreme
raretaction Of the mir at great att
tn les tends to Withdraw the out
side pressure from the balloon and
the hydrogen inside, thus relieved
of outside pressure, will expand the
more readily, and perhaps burst the
balloon. But estimating the capac'
ity at an amount less than that given
the balloon will easily have II lifting
power often tons, while the weight
of the apparatus, the gas, balloon,
netting, ship and machinery is but
4,SOO pounds, or two and two fifth
tons
The balloon is fastened to the ship
in such a manner that it cannot
sway to and fro, so that 1t is I'M
possible for the balloon to get ont OF
perpendicular position The ship
has two masts, fore and aft, which
reach up to the equator Of the bal
loon, On the top Of each mast y
large wire cap is fastened to the
netting perpcndicularly, and the
balloon itsclfis fastened to the net
ing all around its equator. In case
of an explosion the lower part of
the balloon ascends, falls into the
netting, and falf of tho balloon
form large parachute The bal
loon descends for u short distance
with great rapidity, when the air
presses up underneath, the para
chute spreads out, and the descent
is made NOSE gradually. The steer
ing apparatus and ,proplellers are
set in motion, the rotary movement
commences, and the balloon goes
down in a circle like IN eagle
spreading Its wings. The balloon IS
made of cambria muslin, of which,
$4,000 yards have been used in ils
manufacture, and the length OF the
rope used is nearly twenty-one
miles.
The pulling and pushing pro-
pcllcrs are worked by cranks, four
men at each crank, add work in the
lower currents about three hundred
and fifty revolutions minute, IN
creasing the number of revolutions
with the increase in height. Aided
by the pulling and pushing power
the inventor claims that no WIN DO
capable of making the hip stand
still in the air over any given poln@
Practical use-will made of 9thls ad'
vantage by taking u photo 5rapher
along, for the, purpose Of securing
Photographic vicwsHof certain sec
tons of the country. From GER
tain height in the air no says he can
See the bottom of any of water no
matter how deep. Thephotographlc
views which no proposes TO nave
taken will DO chiefly useful TO inc
Typographical Corps.
IN Mr.. Schroeder says that his ex'
porienco has proved to him that IN
the higher atmospheres approaching
the North Pole, where the lower
currents increse in cold tho upper
currents increse in warmth, and nc
is therefore confident that be IL
capable-oi sailing over this region,
and finding that for which millions
have been spent and many valuable
lives lost--a passage to tho ope"
Polar Sea.
The first ascent will be made In