Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-11
TO TRAVEL IN AIR.
AT THE MODEST SPEED OF THREE
HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.

able Claims Made In Its BehaIf-An.
other Addition to the Literature of
Aerial Navigation.
Charles q. Loeber, a lawyer OF Union
street, in this city, has invented a sys-
tenn of aeriel navigation which he claims
will solve the question and permit
vessels Of any size and weight to go
through the air with the greatest of
case, safety and rapiGity If constructed
on his principle. His invention is based
| on his discovery of means which make
the air unyielding to force and impact,
and this unyielding state Of the AIR he
has named anthexis, from the Greek,
meaning that which sustains force with
out yielding. II must not be inferred T
from the statement that Mr.. Loeber is a
lawyer that he has developed his system
and perfected his invention without an
acquired knowledge Of It's surroundings
He has given aeriel navigation his care
ful study for over u quarter of cen.
tury and especially has studied the
quality of tho air or atmosphere, and
one Of his notable inventions is an air
pump.
This new invention has had as yet no
practical test. because no machine for
navigation has yet been constructed
The inventor claims, however that lac
has satisfied himself Of it's correctness
beyond doubt He naivcly states that
a his position is the same as that of most
inventors He lacks the funds Not
{ that lie il without means, but the amount
needed to build vessel of the proper
= size for conveyance would he $50, 600
q and ho says that $50, 900 is large
amount to some men. He also wants
IA the privilege of control in the matter Of
d construction, which means great deal
e TO capitalists. At the same time he is az
g hopeful and also as buoyant as his ma
~ chine will he, according to his state
y, y ments, and believes that the opportunity
" will come for him to make, us he says.
n an epoch in history.
ID When questioned as to the principle
10 on which he works he said to reporter
ID "lf were to detail to thorough
u scientist, the strongest kind Of a per.
CT sonal friend, in the strictest confidence
the principle ! work upon, there would
\, ~ enter into his acceptance of it nm ele
ment Of doubt. because it is opposed e
m all the present ideas Of aerial navigation
II The air is power substance, but il,
power is occult and made manifest onl,
X by the use of means. The balloon is tn,
er means to obtain two opposite vertica
us air columns and the excess of tho lower
~ over the upper air column; vacuous spac,
!, in the pneumatic tube is the means (,
obtain the full pressure force Of one ali
"A column. A third means which | hay,
". discovered brings forth anthexis An
ISIS theXis is the foundation and embodiment
az. Of my invention of the air car. car
Gu say no more than this at present"
The startling part of Mr. Loeber'
proposition is that he proposes his All
81 car shall be made of iron or steel TO pre-
m. vent tire; that its extreme length shall
ble be 20 feet; mean breadth, % feet height
TO IS feet, lungth and breadth Of wings, 4
~ and "a feet total wing area, Z, 100 squar
feet, and that il shall have a net carry
W. ing capacity Of 600 tons. The minimum
uuyieldIng air support underneath tn
wings. he says. will be l,lSS tons am
az, the area of tine machine will be 30 squar
he. feet. The means through which an
nd thexis are brought forth are constant, II
nd says, and the control Of the rudder al
solutc Three hundred miles an hou
nj speed according To his statement, are a
coS easily obtainablo in the air as ARE thirt
Y. miles an hour on land The norma
~ height Of the car in the air viii be aboy
M mountains. 80 as TO keep it ont Of tn
red zone OF cyclones ana an automati
nd register denoting the height of the cal
Il L. al.
at heights for the various cars, will max
IN collisions practically impossible
~ This is comforting to know. Tina
~ this invention, If carried out, will prat
sat tically bring the millennium, Mr. Loebe
sns does not hesitate to say. As illustra
Ok tions Of the feasibility OF his plan an
the existence of anthexis. he uses tn
she vulture, which. when weighted with
'ck load heavier than itself. is able to ris
, s in the air To any distance. Were nc
'0' the air unyielding the bird would hav
nile no fulcrumage, and the air would sill
ew by it. The bird does not obtain this b
the exertian of force. as is shown by In
motionless wings Of the eagle poised i
air In the case Of the laden vultnr
les the force needed would be force equa
TN the weight Of the vulture and its prey
're added to that needed for fulcrumag
- and its flying force. This would max
~. flight impossible. he claims. unless ma
se. ture bad provided better means tina
ar simple force, and this, Mr.. Loebcr say,
Tor he has discovered.
ris When called upon TO account for hi
rs discovery he claimed it was due 10 pro,
- idential good fortune, added 10 man
NJ NJ years of unremitting study expended .
M subject rs 10 which little or nothin
nm was already known. and all Of whic
ar. had TO be elaborated by original coneeI
Ter ton and design. He says trial Of tn
rs. test car could be made IN less than 81
ra' months. and then large cars could b
cS built and air conveyance used as regt
=, lar method Of transportation.
Who knows but the aerial uavigatio
and transportation company, carryin
passengers across all the continents an
:, wastes of waters. without seasicknes
n, or the dangers Of dying Of indigestion
- through the diabolical railway static
ny sandwich. may be a thing Of the nea
~ future. while the men who doubt. as di
DO those opposing ocean steamers and locC
by motive transportation, may have to r,
ed cant as they did and be glad to take
az Ja.. ,yT -. sha at4u4suar time for "a eaf