Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-31
A. HIGH-FLYER.
The " Aeri0n "---A st. Louis Mans Air
Ship.
st, Louis Despatch.


navigation, which the inventor claims
can be navigated with certainty and dis
patch. The inventor states that some
four years since bearing In mind the
fact that an elongation or clgar-shaped
balloon would create two or more points
of tension, and inasmuch as two or more
points Of tension would admit of the
creation of fulcrum to the extent and
buoyancy Of the balloon, and with q
fulcrum to work from, it was only requis-
ite and necessary to produce mechan-
ical action similar in result to that of
the birds wing to solve the question
whether the air could be navigated
with certainty and dispatch?'') he made
the attempt to analyze, grasp and en-
body in a mechanical action the me-
chanical forms, bearings and results of
the action of the birds wing, taking the
wing of the bird of rapid flight as the
type. After effort after effort, expert
ment after experiment, he claims that
he has succeeded in achieving sue
cessful result In the investigation of
the wings of the various birds, their
mechanical peculiarities, forms, bear
ings, and actions, it was found that the
wing of the bird of rapid flight like the
quail, wild pigeon, prairie chicken,
humming bird, partridge, and wild duck
had greater body of wing than tips of
wing Tor pinion,) and that the quilts of
their wings were as continuous in the
tip of wing Tor pinion) to and in the
body of their wings, while the wings of
the birds of slower flight, like the crane,
Jay, owl, rail. crow, had greater tips of
wing in proportion to body of wing Cor
wings were not SO continuous in the
tips of their wings Cor pinion) to and in
the body of their wings as was the in
stance of birds of more rapid flight
and the wings of birds that had no
flight of wing like the ostrich, dodo,
emeu, cassawary, had greater body of
wing than tips of wing Tor pinion,l and
there was an absence of quilts on the
tips tor pinion) and body of wing in
comparison to those that possessed
Hight of wing, yet the body of their
wings accelerated their flight of foot,
and thus we had natures mirror to re-
feet the fact that the tip of the wing Tor
pinion) was the elevating and the body
of the wing the propelling power in the
birds flight of wing-and in the con-
struction of a mechanical action it was
necessary to embody In such mechani-
cal action such forms, soarings, and re-
suits as would produce the effect of
combined stroke of both tips Of the
birds wing tor pinion, and body of
wing, and that has been accomplished
by the use of four driving wheels. each
wheel having seven fans, the mechani-
cal arrangements of which being that
in a revolution of the wheels the fans
are caused to strike their full surface
for one. hundred and twenty-five de-
grees of the revolution. and then feath-
err to the edge and remain SO for the
other two hundred and twenty-five de-
grees of the revolution, two fans on
each wheel in full bearing at a time,
and four wheels, two fans each, making
eight fans in bearing at a time. Say
these fans are ten feet long, four feet
broad and one-eighth of an inch thick,
which in revolution of the wheels un-
deniably produce the same result or
effect of a stroke of the wing of bird
of rapid flight Of wing, provided that
the end of the one hundred and twenty
five degrees surface stroke Of fans are
ended on line with the axle of the
wheels (of the one hundred and thirty
five degrees surface stroke Of fans-give
ninety degrees propelling power, OF the
action of the body of wing and forty
five degrees elevating power or action
Of the tip Tor pinion) Of wing, yet by
regulating levers the point of stroke
can be regulated at will instantaneously
to any point or degree Of the wheel, so
as to enable an intelligent control Of
points Of bearing of stroke. The
Aerion" may be described as fol-
lows An elongated balloon, dashed
firmly between two hollow steel tubes
which IN turn are joined by similar
tubes of peculiar shape and bearings so
as to create similar points of tension, to
which Is a frame on which works the
wheels fans-machinery and on a ten
or frame, on which may be placed en-
gines, boilers, fuel, freight and passen-
gers. Now with an aerion of 2,4OO
pounds weight Including engine, boiler,
and fuel to work the wheels, fans ten
feet long, four feet wide, and one-eighth
of an inch thick, eight fans in bearing
at time would be 8x1Ox4, or equiva-
lent to two fans forty feet long and thir-
ty-two feet wide in the stroke, or equiv
alent to birds wing eighty feet from
tip to tip by spread of thirty-two feet
broad. Now, say revolve the wheels
three hundred and fifty times per min
ute would be equivalent to that number
of strokes per minute of fans, or birds
wings of cited size, or equivalent to one
stroke per minute of birds wings or
fans from tip to tip of over five miles
by spread Of over two miles broad,
which will create power of stroke suffi-
Gent to elevate and propel fifty tons at
the rate of a mile minute through a
calm atmospheric power that will
enable the transportation of freight and
passengers Machinists and scientific
men concur in the opinion that the con-
struction of the aerion is free from any
complications, and that under mechan-
ical laws it is bound to work success
fully, and the theory rational with
practical result
Predicting the Discovery Of Metals.