The morning call., 1890-10-19

anthecs may be easily obtained. and that it
is not secured through the power of impact.
Now, as to its application.
SCIENTISTS TELL Us THAT THE PELICAN,
Weighing twenty-0ne pounds. eXerts only
One-eleventh horsepower in flights; that is
to say, in flying one hour this bird does the
equivalent of lifting 3000-pound weight 60
feet high during the same time. But be-
cause mans work on terra firma is oner-
Gus it does not follow that the bird in air Is
similarly handicapped. Indeed, there are
striking phenomena of flights, such as the
easy flight of the vulture with prey weighing
more than the bird, and the fast flyer MAX
ing 100 m lies an hour, that leave no doubt of
peculiar, marvellous economy in power which
flight affords. | am able to say that anthecis
affords the most marked economy in propul-
Sive force, far beyond the best facilities on
land and water, and it renders the ascent Of
heavily loaded airships at high rate of
speed practicable. In her ascent the
course of the ship may be vertical
or oblique, upward movement may be
accelerated, checked or stopped and the YES
sci may be held motiOnless in place for any
indefinite time. The wings, by means of
which the ship is sustained in air, are built
as strong as the vehicle itself, and their
machinery is several times duplicated each
set being amply able to sustain the load.
The steam motors are likewise duplicated,
and are subjected to far less friction and
or water The ship ascends with upward
moving wings, under absolute control and
exemption from fall, until she Is high enough
TO clear the tallest mountains in her course.
In addition to the barometer, an automatic
device, invented by me, registers the exact
altitude, and when the proper height has
been reached ascent is stopped, and
the ship rests secure in the air with
motionless wings. The propeller of
the airship is constructed substan-
TALLY like the wings. The prUpulSive power
is eXerted through the propeller against the
air i'll the direction opposite to the ships
course. The air, through anthecis, fully re-
sists the impact, and thus the propulsive
power is transferred against the vessel.
The rudder is also constructed like the pro-
peler. and with antheciS against it lis ac-
ton Is SO effective and strong that the air
ship cannot tail to obey the helm in the
most violent wind-storms. | may say here,
too, that the vessel Is always safe from cy-
clones when i'll air, her normal altitude,
about 1850 feet, being high above the zone
of such storm, which reaches limit of 500
feet. Charts instruments and speed meters
make it possible to determine the exact posi-
ton of the vessel at all times. The descent
is accomplished by the vertically downward
motion of the wings, and contact with the
ground may be effected so easily as 10 be
scarcely fell"
As sure as Mr. Loeber is that he is in
position TO add another and the greatest
boon TO the travellers of the world, he re-
allies that he is going to have pretty hard
time getting capitalists to spend much money
on his notions just now he is anxious to
scrape together S5G0Oio build model and
make practical and convincing test of his
new force He hasn't found any one ready
to risk that sum for possible fortune and
fame thus far, but when he does, he says
that he will build an air-boat capable OF
holding dozen persons and will then prove
to any who are interested in air-sailing, and
that means almost everybody, that anthecis
viii lift and lower q boat and hold it suS-
pended in the air for any indefinite time.