The sun., 1891-05-20
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when he Makes Big9er oue He II 8e-
| ting 20 Revoirtsonsse the weria.
wAsHrxoroS. May Io.-"If can rise from
the coast of France. sail through the air seross
tho Channel. and drop halt ! ton OF nitro
alycerlno upon an English city can reveiu-
tionize the world. believe can do It II I live
long enough II die some one will come
nf,or me who will be successful where failsd.'
Tho man who mado this prophecy was Hiram
J. Maxim. tho famous Gunmnker. He has
built Mt his workshop. near Kent England. Q
small flying machine with wooden screw 80
It's motive power. '.''
1T Is not necessary to initiate tho 1sppihR
OF wings in making flying machine" said Mr..
Maxim. Suppose Stephenson htd said that,
as horse was the most perfect form OF loco
motion ovcr roads and fields. he would mako
his steam engine walk. whnt speed would he
have securod2 He might have made his en-
gine walk MS fast rs three milos IN houE' Dy
using wheels he obtained continuous motion,
and TINT Is why use the screw. But the screw
has 10 rovolre with grcnt rnpidity-all the way
from 1.0O0 TO $500 revolutions minute. You
cannot mako sufficient Impression on tho DIR
with ANYTHING lcss."
What is your machine llko2"
My FIRST machine wus a email one. It was
m inclined plano thlrteon feet long and four
feet wide. and sot odgowiso against the air. I
length revolving IN n circumference OF 200 foet.
Tho arm was movable. 80 that It would rise Rhd
fall. Whom tho machine travelled at the ratc OF
thirty miles IN hour 1t romatnod on tho same
nnnc. When tho speed was Increased to thtr-
nea lis WrSs 70 Ms Fss such ossS .a
ehained. Ali our experiments were conducted
with tho greatest Rccurncy. Delicate mn.
per hour tho push "a and liitinG power Q, the
ssEbSw, rev the hcrse power OF tho motor and every
%s hs li!.'o machine can hardly b' OF
Worry true. hut now am at work on large
mnehine. built Of silk and steel. TINT will DO on
smSal,er an scnlc. wo ionnd ny sxporiuens tl"t
one on, horse power would VIC m carry iss pounds At
,hs snr screw wives %ona essy @
sonS pss mu' Sa @ Gn9 It s,Ss p5Spesd II
Ii viii tGarsforo @ iift 466o6 % pounds. TRe weight
OF my cnEines generator. condenser. water
h;9o2 ., pounds..s 80 you SEQ what margin have
II will be no feet wide and 40 feet long.
1t viii bo propelled by two immense wcoden
s" .ad sa tee s in q
crs, Only With broader broader biades: % The steam 10
aeF s se
boil is Of the finest Whitwor,h steel. and wo
hour"
How are you going to test tho machine2'
1t will lie placed at an angle OF about one
foot In eighteen inches on a railroad track
twelve feet Wide. AT thirty miles an hour tt
will harely skim along. the pressure OF the air
underneath 1t being then equal to one poupd
for each square loot, or Just su cent to lift II.
At tn rty-iive miles an hour 1t will begin to
Use. and as the speed increases II will mount
you will slncken speed. or II you wish to rro-
ceed in a straight line at a certain heightyou
come back to thirty miles IN hour. 1t can be
already upon It. and did not enier upon the
work unit! was convinced that the idea was
practical"
But snpposeyou should tip over?"
oh. no. fn.d Mr.. Maxim with laugh.
We are bound shall not occur. 1t will be I'm.
possible for the machine to fall forward, TO
sink backward or fall over"