Mohave County miner., 1892-07-30
Art,ss A'seA,ss.

LoNDOS, July <O.-MS. MAXIM, INC IN
ventor Of the famous gun bearing his
name, expects in the course Of . few
months TO make his initial trip in his
flying machine. upon the construction oi
which he has been engaged for number
d years. As the machine exists 1T pree-
snt it is nothing more than rectangu.
Tar arrangement Of steel tubes aud
~ires, some eighty feet long and sixty
feet wide, and measuring forty-three fee,
from tho base to the top OF the inssts.
which form important parts Of the struc-
,nral system. The tubes forming the
framing are Of thin steel. On the lower
81 mo Of the frame, which 10 marvel of
'russing and bracing with view TO com
bning the utmost strength with the
'niuimum VI weight, 10 modified water.
Tube boiler, weighing. in working order,
some six hundred pounds. The fuel u
b, employed is gas. made by simple
process from petroleum, and supplied to
the forty-fve thousand gas jets under the
boiler in carefully regulated volumes
8 cam from tn. boiler, which 10 designed
10 work st pressure Of fuo hundred
p,auds to the square inch, and has no
less than fosty-eiyht thousand brazed
jpints in its anatomy, is conveyed TO two
sets Of high pressure, compound steam,
engines vi about two hundred horse
power Indicated. which revolve couple
of two bladed wooden screws, each sev-
en,sen feet in diameter The main por-
ton OF the large expanse Of balloon silk
which will constitute the eroplane, will
have an area Of about five thousand
square feet, set at an angle with the hor-
izontal Of one in thirteen, increasing n,
the back to one IN fourteen or nearly six
'iegrees. II will be sixty iset broad, but
there win bs two wings, one on either
side. which will give total spread from
zip to tip OF ono hundred and ten test
At front and back respectively there will
be besk and rubber, capable Of adj.
ji-tment at various inclinations to be
decided by the sseersman, 20 ~ TO regu-
lst. the vertical movements OF the ma
rbine, besides giving increased area.
The horizontal course will be deter
mined by the relative spseds Of the two
prooeIlors. With . supply Of fuel. water
and three msn, the weight Of the ma
chine will be from two to two and a half
tons, but the inventor calculates that |
there will DO sufficient support for about |
ionr tons more. From experiments made
by him he estimxt xtes that the lifting ca
pscity may be fourteen times the push |
Of: he screws, and as with piston speed |
Of fonr hundred feet per minute, the col |
lsc'ive push Of the two propsllors Is one
thousand pounds, the total lifting effort
wonld DO fourteen thousand pounds.
Many ask" says Mr.. Maxim, what
use il will be put tn in case it does suc-
cesd. To this | will reply certainly not
for carryin freight. and, for consider I
able time at least. not for carrying pas
sengers. Its first great use will be for
military purposes. 1t will at once be-
come an engine OF war. not only to 70
connoitre the enemy's position. as has
been attempted with the so-called dirig
able balloons. but also for carrying and
dropping into the enemy's line and
country large bombs charged with high
explosives. II l can raise from the coast
of France, sail through the air across the
and drop half . ton of nitro
glycerine upon an English city. I can
revolutionize the world. l did not enter
npon the work until was convinced tba,
The work was practicable.