Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-27
PLYING MACHINES.
IL Nye Chances Critically at theso
Mechanical Birds.

OF the history OF HylnS ihAA'AAO0 o
bles me 10 give briefly some of the
main points of Few for the benefit OF
those who may be interested in this
science.
A Frenchman invented flying ma
chine, or dofunny, as we scientists
it, in 1000 and something, whereby he
could sail down from the woodshed
and not break his neck. He could not
rise from the ground like lark and
trill few notes as he skinned
through the sky, but he could fall OH
an ordinary haystack like setting
hen, with the aid of his wings. His
name was Besnier.
One hundred and twenty-five years
after that a prisoner at Vienna named
Jacob Dagen, told the jailer that he
could fly. The jailer seemed incredu-
lous, and so Jake constructed pair OF
double barrel umbrellas, that worked
by hand, and tluttered with this ma
chine into the air fifty feet. He came
down in direct line and in so doing
ran one of the umbrellas through his
thorax. am glad it is not the Gus
tom now to wear an umbrella in the
thorax.
In England during the present CEN
tury several inventors produced flying
machines, bug in an evil hour agreed
to rise on them themselves, and so
they died from their injuries. Some
came down on top of the machines,
while others preceded their inventions
by few feet, but the result was the
same. The invention of flying ma
chimes has always been handicapped
as it were, by this fact. Men invent
flying machine and then try TO ride
it and show it off, and thus they are
prevented by DEATH, from perfecting
their rolling stock, and securing their
right of way.
In 1912 Mr. William Henderson got
out a "two-propeller" machine, and
tried to incorporate company to util-
ize it for the purpose of carrying let
tiers. running errands, driving home
the cows, lighting the northern lights,
and skimming the cream off the milky
way. but it didn't seem to compete
very successfully with other modes of
travel, and so Mr.. Henderson wrapped
it up in an off tent and put it away
in, the haymdw.
In1853 Mn j. II. Johnson patented
by ,oond 81 parachute dingus, which
VIC csd oIdthe principle of a ducks
foot in the mud / use scientific terms
because l ann unable to express myself
in the common language of the vulgar
herd. This machine had tail which.
under great excitement, it would
throw over the dashboard, as it bound
ed through air.
Probably he biggest thing in its
way under this head was the revival of
flying under the presidency of theDuke
of argyle. the society being called the
Great Britain aronautical society.
This society rHade some valuable cal
culations, adding much to our scien-
tifc knowledge, and filing London
with cripples.
In 1869 Mr.. Joseph T. Kaufman in
vented and turned loose upon the peo-
ble of Glasgow an Internal machine in
tended tosoar considerably in quiet
kind of way, and to be propelled by
lteam. 1t looked like the bird known
In ornithology as the 'ayupthecrick,"
md had an ar-brake, patent coupler,
buffer and platform. 1t was intended
10 hold two men on ice and rosewood
icasket with silver handles. 1t was
mounted on wheels, and as it did not
seem to skim through the air very
much, the people of Glasgow hitched
| /; clothes-line to it and used it for
band wagon.
Rufus Porter invented an erialtlew
dad ten years ago in Connecticut
where so many crimes have been com
mitted since Mark Twain moved there
yr.I 80 Had tho sss..ro,,r.rt - - -.