Tombstone daily prospector., 1891-02-26
CAN MEN LEARN TO Fln

| Probisa Agstasins the Academy of s>s
 epce-A Company to BooD inv~ntsoa-
 An adventurous aeronaut succeeded in flying a couple of miles in the sub urbs of New York, with the aid of huge machine that had wings. and tha seemed to use them with considerable success. For something like genera ton the inventor of this flying ma chine had been al work upon ii, anc had been laughed al because of 1t al heartily as ever the irrepressible keely, of motor fame, was laughed at But he was a Scotchman, who possessed true Scotch tenacity He stuck to his idea and finally had the satisfaction of see ing its great wings beat the air over Coney Island and carry it a consider able distance before it was thoughi well to let il rest.
 As a result of this there has been or ganized company with capital 0 Sl , ,OUO. eco. the object of which IS edp cate the public in the matter of flying. and to supply the wings that will bs necessary
 Even the august academy of sci ences. which once every week discus scs subjects that most people know nothing about, and whose memben lnow pretty much everything that mortal man ought to know. IS talins some cogniZance of the affair at issue and in quie, way are discussing the question as to whether or not man will be able to fly Many of the learned professors insist that, as mar has by the help of machinery been able to propel himself through the water. there is no reason why he should no, conquer the air in the same manner But many more of the professors shaks their heads in solemn negation wher this argument is advanced
 Still the Scotch inventors success has created an impression. His fly ing machine $ cigar shaped, some 6t fee, in length and i2 feet in diameter Its wings work exactly like those of 6 bird by the aid of propeller workec by electricity, and the passenger h carried just as all eagle carries its prey IL is a 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 fly by mechanism only when 1. that mechanism Is made after that o' 1. ihe bIrl One of these learned men, discussing the matter the other day expressed this opinion He said tha, from the earliest time the dominant wish nf man had been to fly after the manner and method of the bird
 Most models of the air ships that have been attempted have been after the
 bird "f flight. and particularly of the sea bird. whose ability fos continual
 flight, owing to the power of tighten
 ing its body. Is well known.
 should man ever fly successfully,
 sail the learned man. he will have ts
 do II by means Of mechanism modelec D after the elastic and muscular form O ] the sea bird
 k The authorities tell us that the fly ! ing machine Is of prehistorical origin . We are told also that some 4U0 year E B. C. n wooden pigeon was made C y fly with considerable success. As thi exploit was accomplished more tha: 2 ,. 2uO years before the trial of OH
 Scotch inventors machine we hav
 not much to boast of
 Just what will come of the discus
 sion at the Academy of Science re
 mains to be seen Nothing at all ma
 come of it in the end except a goo
 deal of theoIizing. But in the mean
 time Patrick C. Campbell, the dought
 Scotchman, who IS the inventor of
 m0chiu. that made the successful fligh , through the air, Is going right ahea 4 and Is terribly in earI.est He ha 1 worked nearly all his life on his inver ton, and now. backed as he Is by
 capitalized company, he thinks he sec
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