Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-05
SCHROEDER'S AERIAL >IgzP.
A Description" of Ia. Working Appa-
tns What the Inventor SaysEie
Can DO-AEONv the North Pole
is to be Discovered.
ON the iucinnat Commercial

~ OE AA> ~
tns What the Inventor Says Eie
Can DO-ARONv the North Pole
is to be Discovered.
From the incnnat Commercial
Work has bee'l commenced on the
ship. and it Is confidently expected
that she will be Tt ady tor her trial tri :
| III about two weeks. rhe skeleton
of the ship is made Of double O wire
br aced lengthwise by single 0 wire
The ship itself is eighty tiye feet long,
nine feet high, and eight feet wide,
aud In shape reese blcs Il long steam,
ship hull, with the exception that the
fore and att projections extend about
seven feet from the BODY of the ship.
The iron shaft runs Ienythwise, the
push ng propeller being attached t.
one eud, aud the pulling propeller
to the otue III order that they can be
work d TO the bet advantage, and to
allow the ship To turn abound on its
Own pivot il the air. Underneath are
tWJ Tndde r., fore auu one aft, fOf
/ stt erlng purposes. Ga making the
ascent, the pulling propeller will be
pur III notion, assisted by the pJlS 1Ing
Propeller aud the ruIders, and titus
tile inventor confidently expects to be
?
The snip Is att tled to the balloon
by l,496 ropes. sItu4t=d at equal dis
tauct> apars, IN ord.r TO p:e--rYe d.
eX C. Il baianc. As possible. Toe Ca
ptc,ty OF the balloon - 2Gj .9l9 cuuic
feet. Hydco5 n %aa wiu be used, and
this sub1tnfic-s - SO llCnt that 1t Is G H.
cut,,ted in It one cub c feet viii have
a lifting power of one aud three-qaa
tnr IL ~ IA II ~
power of l:e balloon abo'4G 20, 900
y 'und 3, or nearly fifteen tons. 1t is
at prob bic that the balloon will be
iht1 IT. d 10 is fail capacity, lnaSmuch
dS the extreme "a etac ion of the air at
gee attitudes tends to Withdraw the
o l5olut PFC sure from the balloon aud
the hydrogen inside, thus relieved Ol
cat >arA pressure, will expand the
more read, y, and perhaps burst tie
balloon. But estimating the capacity
A. An amount less than given, the bal
loon Will easily hav- lifting power Of
ten tons, while the weight Cf the ap-
pa atuS. the gas, balloon, netting, ship
aud machinery IS but I $40 pounds, or
two and twO-tifths tons
Ttie balloon Is fast, red - the ship
IL such manner t'lat it cannot sway
to AMI fro, SO that 1t Is impossible fDr
the balloon 10 ge5 ont Of perprud;c-
ulur position. The ship nas Two rnssta,
fore ahd aft. vii Oh reach up to she
eQu itor Of tue balloon. Oh the top ut
! cacn mast Il large wire cap is fastened!
/ to the netting p rte4I cllariv, AMI the
balloon Itself is fastened IL the netting
All aTCUud the equator. IL ca-e If an
/ explosion tine lower part OF the balloon
/ ...Artis fails int Ia aud h..
| the balloon forms Il large parachute
! Tee balloon Iesceud+ for IA short dis
tauce with great rapidly, when the air
presses up underneath, the parachute
spreads ont. and The descent is made
more gradual. The steering apparatus
and propeller are set IN mOuUu, the
rotary movement coumeucas, and the
balloon Qoes down il 2 circle like an
eagle spreading its wings. The bal
loon Is made Of cam pric muslin, of
which Is, $50 yards have been u5ed Il
its lnauuftcture, lnd thu length Of the
Top. used - ueIrly tweLtr-Oue miles.
Tie pulling and pushing p:opetiers
are worked b. cranks, four men at
each crank, AID work in the lower cur
rent about three hundred and fifty
revolutions mjuUte, Increasing the
number of revDlutlurs with the in
en- ase IN height. Aided Ky the pulling
and pushing power, tie inventor
claims that be will b, capable of n.ak-
ing the sEip stand still III the air over
any given point. Practical use will be
made of this advantage by takil & G
photographer along, for the purpose
of securing Photographic views If GER
! tam sectious Of the country. From t
certain height ia the ar he says hC
! can see the bottom OF any body f wa
! ter. no matter how deep. The photo.
/ graphic views which lie proposes &c
! have taken will be chiefly useful to the
| typographical corps.
MIR. Schroeder says that his expe
ricrce has proven to him that in the
/ higher atmosphcres approaching Tx
! North Pol, where tie lower current.
increase IN cold the upper currents in
crease III warmth, and he Is therefore
cnnhdtnt that he Is capable OF sailing
over this region, AID tiI1.ng that for
| VIII ca millions have been spent aut
many yaIuc5'e lives loat-a passage t;
the open Polar Sea.
The first aac III VIII be II lle in
| q bnut twp weeks