The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-22

We Want To Travel rs the Birds DO. ..t
Must Learn Essential Lessons First.
The Frenchman who covered the dead
walls of Paris with calls for Subscription.
20 a Society of Aviation. to start with {;
capital of 100000 francs, may have been
lacking Ill the highest qualities of publi,
spirit. He wa, placed in Jail for taking
money for his little private flying m;,.
chimes. costing from $500 to &. 900, which
he failed to deliver. But his merit lies
in discovering the want that fills the
brf asts of a large number of men today.
1t Ia only the somewhat headlong method
Of gratifying that yearning which has
interfered Tor a time with his loco
motion. Lad lie but had the forethought
to invent, to beg or to borrow a fairly
efficient flying machine. nothing short of
a cage would now prevent him from TAX
ing a leave as French as himself.
Though he should languish for the rest
Of his days in prison. NJ. Delprat will
have the glory Of the discovery that the
bicycle no longer satisfies the longing Of
mankind toward . freer movement over
the face of land and water. If we are
to believe tho evolutionists, man is the
result Of gradual aspiration, from the
worm that walloweth on d portion of lite
anatomy unsuited to ears polite, through
the many footed, the four footed and four
handed beasts, up to the natural lord of
creation who runs perpendicular on two
feet. The present century has seen man
become what the old legends would have
termed the ''whirling one foot" Why
should not this progress continue and
the next century find man rising from
that single pied a terre into more or less
sustained aviation:
The flying machine still holding to
earth by n wheel has already appeared
sporadically in England. according to
Engineering. Mr.. Philips published
the results of his trial of a machine rest
ing on a light Car and claims that he
flew. but the front wheel Of the car new
er left the ground. This is quite as it
should be. We creep before we walk.
we graduate from tricycle. to bicycle,
and now we are at the unicycle age.
Who is the man to lift us finally clear Of
the earth?
The principle Of the balloon. useful as
It Is in overcoming gravity. has carried
generations of inventors into a fools
paradise.
Birds are lighter than beasts. but they
are not soap bubbles. And to the bird
we have TO return indirectly or directly ,
for lessons in the navigation of the air.
The aeroplane. in which our able await. |
ors are now reposing so much conf |
dence. but upon which they take care |
to repose their own brittle bodies, is |
the result of a study of the soaring % |
birds. Latterly it has been reasoned
out that individual feathers have !;
influence in supporting the
bird in air. SO the ~aeroplanes are made
solid, but with Stats, and in some
cases lointed in sections. SO that while
one portion is in II plane another may
be tilted up OF down to get the lifting
power of a change of angle. This power
S SO great that our leading aviators,
ike Hiram Maxim and Professor Lang.
ey. expect to obtain great velocities if
hey can once get their airships under
way and under control.
The money spent by these inventors
md investigators is mounting to a great
um. bnt who shall say it is wasted. CON.
the benefits to accrue. The re-
mark attributed to Gitfard when diving.
hat he would not reveal the secret of hi.
irship because The thought he saw the
If ensangniued by war as the seas have.
'een. and the earth" need not disturb
s. II he did say that. he was Temporal
lily in a state of weakness. for the iv-
lg machine will do more thar anything
invented to break down the preiu-
ices OF n nation for another. Wars
the result Of such prejudices care
ally inf1amed by ambitious men. and j
lille the aviation is not going to stop !
wars 1t will surely reduce them to "A
minimum.
More important than such machines ms :
ieutenants Renard and krebs success /,
lilly steered from Meudon to the walls
Paris and back again are the small
wing machines developed from the BIZ
'cle. which seem now about to make :
leir appearance. The bicycle with cleo.
ic motor is invented. Now comes the Z
I'm Of a combination of bicycle and c
'lator which shall permit the rider to
ave earth and skim along for 100 yards
30 without detriment to himself or
3 machine. By way of these inven-
will come the discovery, step by 6
ep. OF means and methods of sustain
9 flight for longer periods and also
e actual training in motioD through
e air which is now wanting to man.
nd. q
The inventors who are constructing
paper or in actually great flying ma =,
ines are like men of an inland race u
have for the first time seen a broad 4,
ace Of water. Before learning to pad al
} a canoe they are already building a ?,
gate; before understanding the prin- "
lie of the steam engine they are set =
g to work to make an ocean steamer.
hat is wanted is a popular air cycle.
AIR safety" to lead the way to larger
wagons with sustained fight. Who d
invent one:-New York Times. .