The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-20
THE NEW FLYING MACHINE.
MR. sOHROEDER As ~ HERALD COM
MISSIONER.

Nut ~ Gh htNtftfhN NfWtpaVtfs
BALTIMORE, oct. I2,--In few days per
haps even before this apt ears In pfnt-Mr.
= breeders new AIR vessel will have started out
uuon is trial trip In the upper atmosphere.
Some idea Of the method by which the Inventor
Of the nviuQ SHIP rroposes TO navi.ate the ether
has already been made public through TIiE SuN,
tho SctentCac American, and other papers 70
which people look for current scientific infor-
nation. 1hero Ia no need Of repeating the de-
| seription OF the machine ns heretofore given
| Personally have no doubt whatever that the
Flying Dutchman, as the ship Is Co be apprD-
priat6ly called, will be In every respect tri.
unphant success, and will solve the problem
| which onterprising hut foathcrless bipcds have
been puzzling over ever since the days Of
| DHd0lus.
What have TO tell IA moro important refer
ring rs 1t does, To the nse to which this curious
invention j. to be put In the interests Of science
| and of human progress.
| 1t IL state cd on authority do not think OF
ques tioninG, that Mr.. James Gordon Bennett Of
the Hcrdi, OF your city, has had a long inter-
view with Mr.. Schroeder, the result OF which
has been the engagement OF the inventor and
his FLYING Dutchman for an adventure be.
side which all former enterprises OF the Herald
| become positively insignificant word "a to
| tho object of the new Htrh Commissioners
| mission.
| PROFOUNDLY INTERESTING TO ASTRONOMERS.
There Is question relating to the coustell ton
| known us the Dluper, which has engaged the at
tcnuou OF AUTOMOBILES aud star gaHtfs Hen-
orally ever since It was FIRST propOuuded-Oy
Tycno Brdbe II mistake not.
What does the Dipper contan3 In the pres.
ent ftate Of philosophy when tho doctrine OF
adaptation to end is 80 universally admitted, It
"a unnecessary to rcply To Those frivolous skep-
ties VINO would deny that the Dipper contains
anything at ali. Else why should evolution nave
| There IS another class OF shallow rcas ucrF
who, while they dare not assert that the Dippcr
was given its several properties OF capacity,
ughtncss, completeness. and utility only 10y u
wanton aud aimlces chance, do nevertheless
maint lin tnat Whatever It may once have held,
its contents must have been long since splled
out. tnasulucl as every twenty-iour hours u ~
very King with haif-baled philosoohers; hut
| they have only TO remember that the apparent
| Inversion of the Dippcr Ia relative; that 1t Is
our world. and we that are turned upside down,
aud that thinee In the ornament on high must
he presumed To keen always right side up
| Coming then To those VINO pcrfOrcc allow tnat
the Dipper, with IT. immense cubic capacity.
and its long. convenien, handle, Is IN fact rs
difference of opinion as to the nature ot tue
contents. one school says water, aud would
have II that the Dipper IL the especial utensi Of
Jupiter Pluvlus, or ~. Swithin, or the clerk of
the Weather. a. the Comutrol or Of Rain Is vari-
ously called. Others hold that the Dipper con-
tlius mix and point to the Milky Wav as e IL
dence Of lie SUI erluity Of conten stopped over.
SIN others are inclined to accept tho gin theory.
Go" they az. " To the top OF tho tall tower "
YOU can obtain a card II almssOn) on any clear
evening when the DiupC IL high IN tho heavens,
above CvnOsurn, anu YOU may detect a faiut hut
unmi-t tkahle smell ~ gin in the air lSee
JAY GOuld's Tribune kxird. No NLNl) Others
again, undecided Detwec cen the RIn theory and the
milk theory. compromise u.on ein and uik
and so ON to the end OF a long catalogue OF
10 ssttlc this Important and interesting ques-
= tlon beyond the possibility Of a DOUBT. aud IN
wire ont a prominent source OF disscnsions
. among scientific iucn, the H,ruio has .onrriNed
the bold anu Original idea Of sending al)ft SIR
: Schroeder la his nyms machine with ins'ruc
| h n.
practicable, to bring home sample.
THE PERSONNEL OF the EXrEDuIoN.
The idci that the atmosphere reaches upward
| only for forty or 1fty miles was long 81 ce *
plnded. Inc Ierlt eXuects 10 ind good ar al
the way FROM iompkiis square 'wh'ch WIZ b'
VIDE .galnst einersencics the Fhin. Dutch
man will becqulpped with palm leaf fans and
The Flying nutchman will leave Tomphin.
| SOU re ~ noon ON November ~, that being th'
s2i5th anniversary Of me day whom Arrn "a.
uempt at artificial asrosiaton 81 which w'
| have any r cord. tno President u the lnitot
3 states, the members uf the RAPID Transit Com
l mission, aud other distinguished puthc mel
a viii be invited To be present.
h Tine tx edition VIII consist Of Mr. S'hroedc
= ~ captain, mechanICian and astronOmer-in
n cniei; Sergeant Bate, who wishes carry IN
;; ambassador from the Icluid onice; and Nj
q Smith, a volunteer. who Is weared OF this nlaLe
y with Its hard winters. hot sunni era ana later
= minatle financial ui-cus-iuns, aud desires
= change of scene. Stanley would have been &c
|
o Of the expedition ne not lost himself-to
3 yond discovery. 1t Is feared hopeless lunel
i OF verbs and nominatiyes. MIR. Bennett IA st
9 undecided whether or not g. accompany th
voyagers; az all vents he VIII Ters9nally escoi
= Peters his urpie for pas age Tor nlnis self am
. his ndug net, in tie hone II bdcclns FEY
a stray comets ON their naive heaths. ! do no
u know what answer nas been made u his appl
e SKETCH or THE EQUIPMENT.
- The FLYING Dutchman Is TO be made safe IN
| rpmIarfublg = ihta lpuy-gnrlI | Ia
ny danGerousi trip The gas used will be Of th
least specific gravity attainatle, and will b
evolved by the new Tribune process. No bait
y will he carried, nut the cautain has secret IL
e strnc'ions 70 pitch Sergeant Bates aud hi- ilas
= sci VIII be stocked with canned met
~ oesiccated vegetables. and food IN 9th,
sr eter, an .nerometer, a chronometer, ~
" dipsometcr will constitute the sciei
=, tile ouiGt ; planisphere VIII Of course sery
% admirably for chart. The crew will wear "a
A digan jacket ana scaskin caps, with D.vy lamt
10 attached to warn them IL tncy enter nebula
II wnerr there IS MOI sum cent oxygen 10 suppo
II lie. Otaer articles Of the equipment will !
:" these A portable range gallon 81 proof spi
A. its an opera glass for tue closer INSPECTION
% Venus aud Cas- iOpeia a small cannon for salu
err ing planets, and possibly Tor defence IN case
< attack by ildlspeed celcstials Roget
re I hesaurls, and a dictionary Of quotations I,
IT the use oi the Am dor anu several tnou
I'd and copies Of tue H,idd for distribution alOl
rs the way.
IA sTRIKrNG OUT FOR THE DIPPER.
* * hr Schroeder anticipates no difficulty in NAL
- Ing tie Dip or on the second TACK lie lntent
20 TO lay his course from iompkins square To IL
,a moon, where the hying sup will make a br
~ s op In order 10 paste au advertisement Of II
ErenutJ Telegram over the fair face of our safe
lie, anu to take in water, N water can he foun
Perhaps the adventurous explorers may eve
manage TO look INTO matters on the otner siC
=" | If the iuminaIy. VINO knowsi
nc Leaving the moon and Its friendly nh bitan
NJ (fOr the expedition, although armed, will HAY
We | orders To treat very cnuTteOusly all celesti
or bodies that receive tie HCIdd ambassador vii
ev | proper respect), the prov Of the Flying Du c
in | man will he turned nOrIhward, aud no stt
cy made until the arrival at Mlzar, one Of the sta
he In the Dipper.
ct hr. Schroeder thinks that tho trip from II
TX moon 10 eiizar will he short lie Il n,rOnglY
Ia tue opinion that there IL an upper current 81
a. ting nurtuerlv from onion to the NOtn Pot
he aud lndlc ted, for instance, by he direction
i'd which Bercnlce's Han Is blowing Is sides IN
~ the Flying Dutonman will carry along a lar
!" quantity OF highly mague ized pig iron, anu q
attraction Of the poio will materially acceleri
her speed.
-, Mr.. scHRORDER's INSTRUCTIONS.
20 The further details ofthe expedition are eth
TO- Vet to be arranged Will be lett TO the disci
eH ] ton of the cOmmarOer, whose proceeding
ex alter reaching the DlpUer, will OF course have
ere bs governed In great measure by clrcul
MID stances. IL may ne necessary 10 winter In II
- extremely northern region. In view ~ thar co
a IL. 10.