The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-02-23
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Cnsurr<SsfuI Experiment with FIyiag Ma
chine by the British Engineer Corps.

CnsurrrSs1ui Experiment with Flying Ma
chine by the British EHEiaeer Corps
The Chatham correspondent of the London
I SsrS- reports
I Tie new fyIHg machine the Invention Of Nr.
/ Sinmoads. AMI intended for use 10 military op-
I sraIioas vas sui jeetsi 10 pahlIe trial BY the
! inventor On Chatham lines to-day, the experiment
trial be:ug attended By large number Of the Of
Z 6cers Of the royal engineers. among Eh0Gl zere
Naj1r v O. CIlytOa Secretary Of the RJsal In
gineer Committee; Capt VI. T. Sale. one Of the
( Instructors in Field F1rti6cati0ns. and other
heads q departments CONNECTED aith he School
Of Military Engineering. \ number Of nOn-eOul-
missIoned offers and men Of tie Royal Engi-
uesrs bad been placed AZ the disposal Of Mr. SIM
nOud= 10 assist him II earrying the expeFimer-
tai trials The machine. which may Be said 10
consist OF izo indspentsut Paris i nothing more
thar huge sqaaFs-shaPsi. ii<bt-canS1s covering.
stretched on fur slight bat strong GsE-POes, or
arms. plaeed al right angles 10 each other, the
covering being fsrtEer attached 20 = esnire-p0le
resembling nothing 80 much as the handle Of
an enormous umbrella-by means OF light galvsn-
izzd Eires. the entire machine beiHg IN appear
anee an enormous, sqaars-sh4ped umbrella, the
largest Of the tEO parts, o. more properly, ma
chimes. weighing about one huadred zeight. and
the other, ~hiek = smaller some zhai less From
the exIremitiez Of each Of the f0sr arms l. at
taehsd ! rope Of Considerable leagth, the four
ropes being brUaghi TO point, s0uezhat similar
in thlz respect TO parachgte. to support
nan, the machine beng fnteuded for ree0HD0iter-
ing ObserTati01s 10 e01aeciiol Eith 40 army il
the fsid- Dadng the experiments. sa1d-bsgs
we're Used to represent The Sesghi Of man The
smallest Of the tso machines gas 6rst tired. bat
osing TO there beng bat little wind It attained
"a elevation Of few feet Ouly, number Of sap
peEs 0f the royal engineers run1Ing away With
the rope to abich the mzehise vas attached.
much IN the SINE Wy e. that adopted By chill
drea zhea Eyi1g their kites After repeated at
tsnpts ia this ssy. Nr. SimmOsds Only succeeded
Ia ictGcI1z the machine 70 rise 70 sb01t tzsnty
feet. Ekea II zOad Immediately fall With great
fo-cs 10 The zTO1nd. After some time spent 10
these fruiIless efOEts. EhIel occEsione5 mach i'm
patience ano1Z the spectators. L vas decided. al
tie Request Of the r0Tsl engineer officers present,
to try to r1ise the largest d the tao machines.
zhich had reea Iying earirg the former part Of
the sIpeEinelts II tie centre q Chatham lines.
where i Eas sEayiag backzzrd and forward ailh
the Ittle wind bsOEinZ. Tie zane method Of
rzi=Inz the nlzehirs a. adopted 10 the presiOos
eZperinsats vas sgsin enploysd. number Of
uea a the rgJsl engineers being Stationed a. the
esd of the rope abosf three Esadred yards sway,
the machine Itsslf bsiHZ he'd Up lace the visd
b. several ether sappsrs- Alta given signal from
Ar. Si7nOads raa By The Dea vas made, shes
the machine ross 1p 70 the height d about fifty
OF sky feet, AMI thea cane 10 the groand. A
rszdiaaiment Of The Eoof guiding rOpes and wires
hzTing been made, . further attempt 70 rsise The
maxine vas trisd- bat sitho1Zb sliiia5e of
more than 100 feet VS. attained. the hJinZ ma
chine ohziirateIy refused 10 remain Ia The ar bat
feH EIth crzsh 70 tie ground. breaking one Of
lie for arm-poIss. and Sustaining 0tber damage
The cause Il the collapse Of The machine Ezs sls-
TED By Mr. Sinnocds 70 have beea oeezsioned