Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-04
CAN MEN LEARN TO Flu

1 Problem AgitAtins the Academy Of 80
snos-A Company 10 Boom Inseatioa-
An adventurous aeronaut succeeded
IN flying a couple OF miles in the sub
arbs Of New York, with the aid of q
huge machine that had wings, and thaA
seemed 10 use them with considerable
success. For something like genera
lon the inventor Of this flying ma
chine had been at work upon Il, and
had been laughed at because Of il as
heartily as ever the irrepresSible Kelly,
Of motor fame, was laughed at But he
was Scotchman, who possessed true
scotch tsnacity. He stuck To his idea
ing its great wings beat the air over
Coney Island and carry it consider
able distance before 1t was thought
well 10 let il rest
As result of this there has been or
ganized a company with a capital q
81, on, 600, the object of which is edo
cate the public in the matter Of flying,
and TO supply the wings that will be
necessary.
Even the august academy OF sci.
enccs. which once every week discus
ses subjects that most people know
nothing about, and whose members
know pretty much everything that
mortal man ought 10 know, Is taking
some coguiZance of the affair at issue,
and in a quiet way are discussing the
question as to whether or not man
will be able to fly. Many of the
learned professors insist that, as man
has by the helpof machinery been able
TO prOpel himself through the water.
there is no reason why he should NOD
conquer the air in the same manner.
But many more Of the professors shaks
| their heads ~ solemn negation when
this argument is advanced
Still the Scotch inventors success
has created an impression. His By-
ing machine IS cigar shaped, some 80
feet la length and AZ feet in diameter.
It's wings work exactly like those Of Q
bird by the aid Of a propeller worked
by electricity, and the passenger il
( carried just as an eagle carries its prey.
| Ii is peculiar affair, but has been
more successful than anything OF its
kind, and hence the arguments among
| the scientific professors. Most Of these
! professors believe that man will be
able to hy by mechanism only when
that mechanism is made after that Of
! The bird One of these learned men,
/ discussing the matter the other day.
expressed this opinion. lie said that
from the earliest time the dominant
wish of man had been to hy after the
manner and method Of the bird.
| Most models of the air ships that have
been attempted have been after the
bird Of fight, and particularly Of the
sea bird, whose ability fos continual
fight, owing TO the 1ay,9r ii 5gtIen
ing It's body, is well known.
| Should man ever 6y successfully.
said the learned man, "he viii have 4
do II by means of mechanism modele,
after the elastic and muscular form C
the sea bird.
The authorities tell US that the fly
ing machine Is of prehistorical origin
We are told also that some 400 year
B. Q. a wooden pigeon was made (,
fly with considerable success. AS tili
exploit was accomplished more tina:
1900 years before the trial Of Gu
not much 10 boast Of
just what will come of the discus
sion at the Academy Of Science IN
mains 10 be seen. Nothing at all ma.
come of it in the end except a goo,
deal of theOIizing. But in the mean
time Patrick e. Campbell, the dought,
Scotchman, who is the inventor Of
machine that made the successful tiigh
through the air. is going right aheai
and is terribly in earnest. he Ia
worked nearly all his life on his inven
ton, and now. backed as he is by
capitalized company, he thinks he see
success ahead. New York Mail an,
Express.