The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04

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Falling, OF t-..ing with or Against
sI,e Wind as Desired-lnfancy of n
| New Epoch I'm travel.
New York Sun, l5l e
The first open-air exhibition Of Prof. c.
L. RitchelPs flying machine was conducted
at Hartford, Conn ON Wednesday after
noon last 1t went up TO height of fully
two hundred and fifty feet, past The spire OF
the Colt Memorial Church, and sailed off
until over the Connecticut river, the opera
/ tor meanwhile exhibiting his power 10
change its altitude and direction at will.
When he assembled there was but little wind
blowing, and the machine appeared to be
under perfect control; but gradually
breeze sprang up, and II was deemed safest
to make a speedy return, as there were in
dicalions in the sky OF gathering storm.
The machine turned and made its way back
| in the teeth OF the wind until directly over
| the ball ground whence it had assembled,
and then alighted within few feet oil the
! point from which ii had stared.
From this demonstration OF its capacity
| il was generally conceived that it could do
much more than It's modest inventor claimed
for ii. lie never expected 1t 10 move against
a wind OF any strength, and has not had the
attainment Ui that end IN view Ill ITS CON-
sl-uc;ion, as may readily oe seen by a
IrI,mc, =, ia prn,.,r,ions bar he doe claim
III :, can h. r,,s-d ar I,vared Al will IN
-. adv.rs.. curr,ut. and enter favorable
- -, :, - y, IL. - -, a. 10
- s''; I;,,i .,.an ,,,.,ir~, h.
and that in Il It'll atmosphere it can be
moved about as readily aud perfectly at the
Iii - H., 1,,.-r,,,r :, hnoi can h.. mo,. 4
- -, - All ,b,r and ven :, M.
a.. nore ,bera !. abundant .yia,uc,. Of iIs
-, - -, W.du.sdav
Thae ira,,,n- NJ P;IcbsII i \ Maine
L,', - nr;n, saver,I v,ars n..,
i;,ai ., 60 p, Ths nro;,rt of crn,
a., ,,.cb;r,. has I...n , f,vor-
;,a snh;sc, i,r c.ntempIa,ion with him
Jur;na nssrly ton vars pasr and for the
I.., ssven ot thai i'm. h.. and his friend
NJ " n Ivm,n Of CORY Pa have in,
a,,h.,sj ,h;s ;d.a ,ooa,bsr In November
1s-f ,hsv wsnt IN Rridgnort Conn u mn
,hs;r ,,I,ns into e,ecn,iop "a ,bev believed
,bsv could there obt,in most readily ius,
,L. nscnI;ar m,,.ri,Is tbsv rsouired and
have them mt together in the most uorfect
manner Ib.ir Confidence in Yankee re-
sources and skill was no, misplaced, but
their crude ideas were not Immediately
crvst.I;zed into a pef,c, machine neverthe-
I.ss
In the fir, apparatus which they con-
struc,ed. some parts were too heavy. Others
too large. and there was an ineffective ap-
plication of power. Then a second was
built. that now upon Exhibition, and though
it cannot be SAID to be SO far perfected as to
be cspable of application of practical ser
vice. such as serving a mail route, or even
as , popular vehicle for travel, il is slill of
verv preat importance as proving the cor
rec;pess of the theories upon which it was
h,sed Mr. Ri,cbell took il TO the Perma-
,.nt .,bib;,ion at PhiladeIphia. Nav 10
Is77 and go succeeded in eiec,ualIv CON
ce,l;ng il from public knowledge for a long
time Now he has nut II in the proper course
for either securing It's deyelopment or max
inc il a worthy pioneer for other inventors
in This branch of science.
The dvinp machine is all clumsiness
,h,ys ali I,,b,ness and Grace below. The
Iif,inp power is afforded by a horizontally
- nvI;,1.r a, ..ooss ,ner cloth -
In linen coated with India rubber. twenty
6r, fa,, in Ieng,b and thirteen in diameter
,a;nL;n, onIv s;xtv-si, nounds ard CHARGED
- Ln5r -, r,as wb;ih i made bv the
win, win ..a f-e,r ;rnn ,nrn;ngs ami suI-
-; "a pro.J wors,ed lands extend
that and down rod oil manIrct- |
dawn bra.s tpb;ng nickel-plated. II in |
ts uta"a u pt d;ar,s,sr su aSJ % feet long From
,h., rnJ The machine /. suspeuded by sl.n-
'Ia. oarJ, Tbe After nor,;on of IN. ma
- ,ba n.r,IIa,ogram cf rods two
I'm .;sanI = .. .n faa, In from which rise
- - Gs ;ncbss biob in |
,s aan,is .nd ,u Jr,wn ns.r ,oca,her at the
,ns ,n 'e An - - a. in r.aI;,v bollov
.op. t.s-ai q. -. 49, hrass iigh, and
~ ~, .,nan y. - ~ ,ha ,neY nf ,6is form
80; .n"e eJaJ s,.aI ,rbaaI II incb.s ;r
I:Ne ~. handI.s 40 ,e.r.J 90
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a ., lsn, haaus,L ,a I ,ha, ,ba n9ers,or ,Ie
f nrn rni.,,;an. - ,a;rn,e ~. four
ian an -,oo9 * - hoII,T a,ch
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having SUP ~" ,. J,.m,t -,
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Inc DISCO. ,te ,r
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