Arizona silver belt., 1884-07-26
ANOTHER AIN sHrP.
AFTER Thirty Years E.abor a Gersnan-
sovn man thinks le has sueeeedea.


fFrom tht r8aaIelpAia Resor1I
After spending shirty years in study
ing and experimenting with balloons
Chas. 2 Fest q resident Of German
town. has at last, So he believes. sue.
eseded in perfecting a ship which he
claims can be steercd At viii througli
the air.
Mr. Fest lives IN q neat little cot
tage on Stenton avenue. below Wy
oming street. He IS Of German orr
gin. a jeweler By trade, and, besides
having an inventive mind, also pos
sesses determination, as IS illustrated
by The fact that bis aerial experiments
have already cost him 5000 Sir.
Fest has q great desire 10 cross the
ocean in an air-ship, as be thinks that
such q feat would make HIN famous
for al time to come. He has been
granted nine different patents by tie
United States Patent 0aice for Is
emmy air-ships but all previous cf-
rs-, ts, failed lim 10 bis parrose 10
- s;,;,e s5rosrh the air. lis pres
ent air-ship was patenfs a'ea
18th last A model has jass
completed at an expense Of $40, seven
months of labor having been expended
upon it. he had intended trying j.
% Friday morning. but the demon
straGon was unavoidabiy postponed
on aceount Of bis wife meeting witl
an accident by q fall This SO upsef
matters that the model was packed
away and the inventor was obliged {.
turn his attention to bis suffering
companion.
The model Is made Of strong manil
ia paper. lnclosed in a patent net @
stout twine. The body is cylindrica
in shape. with cone-shaped ends. Ho
air alone wiz compromise the mosiyl
power. The ship is 50 feet long.
feet in diameter, ard weighs 2ipo0nds
Beneath the bag IS small ! eseryoi
containing Oh, which IS supplied b.
] little rubber tu5es to two lamps a
either end Of the bag The lamp
furnish the hot air, and the size of th
/ fame and how of'oil can be regulates
at pleasure. The chr viii hang d
rectly under the bag The ship
provided with six valves. beng al
I ranged one at each end and two o.
each side. The valves may ie opene
and closed at VII By cords from th
car The ship is designed to b
steered by the opening and closing 3
the values. The highly heated air j
/ the Interior Of the bag viii escape wit
much more force through the ope
/ plpes to the outside, and, in strikin
the cold atmosphere, viii yeer th
+ ship around in the right direction, S
1 Mr Fest declares. He says that It
impossible for any air-ship to sal
against the wind, bat be proposes t
override this trouble By ascendin
and descending in slanting direction
/ ia about the same manner as a boa
sails against the wind, BY tackin
{ from one point to another. In orde
to descend the valves need only Z
opened and the flames in the lamI
/ Low cred. The escape Of ths bot q
/ win permit the ship to sink Of It's or
weight. In ascending the valves W
be closed and the lamps made to bur
higher, thus creating a qniek suppl
Of bot air. ia aud about tie LAM
the bag IS c1verea WITH asbestos an
ilicqte Of soda to prevent It takin
fire.
After this experimental ship b
been thoroughly testea slr Fest .
tend 70 eohsirnet q ship I50 feet ion
and g ee a 1ianeter, Which wil
the na sil other arpl.aaees. 81
aot vag laogs than W es
If. FEST thai
ror IS Hsi he