Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19


Rocl, Creek. roughly remodcler fiat
boat. manned by back-haired little Billy
Bnnscl as thuughtless and Innocent
skipper as ever turned "a helm.
DESCRIPTION or THE MACHINE
This machine Is working model. II
"a not Intended 10 carry passengers ln
conhguruton the body part closely simu-
lates muckerel The backbone then u
a light. but very rigid, tube of what ls
technically known az 'title metal one
Of the many alloys of aluminium ana
steel. II Is 10 feet IN length and . ceii-
tuctcrs, or practically, ? inches IN diani-
cter. To give riHdty 10 tile skeleton
longitudinal ribs Of stiff steel are pro-
yiled intorsectcd az intervals 10y cross
| ribs Of aluminium, the result belRb
n lattice framework OF great strength.
The engines, which are located ~ the
| norton OF TIE framework corresponding
| to the head OF the fish, indicated W. the
| diagrams by the letters II, +, are of the
! double oscilatng type They weigh 20
ounces. aud develop one horse-powcr, the
Irbtesi OF that power ever made There
| ARE four boilers of thiuly hammered COP
| pcr weighing q little more than Z pounds
| enrh mud they occupy all the middle por'
| lion Of the fish lnstend ~ water, a
very volatile hydro-carhon Is employedl
| tho eXnct unture OF which rs matter ot
]
porntivcly low temperature Tho iuol
used is gasoline, and the extreme END
Of lie tail of the fish, Is utilized Tor
storage tank. with q capacity OF ono
ouart. Before passing into the boilers
| the gasoline ~ roNuhEed py fplek
through a heated coil There are twin
screw propcllers. G., III. which would
he made Adjustable 20 different angles
m practice. TO provide for tie steering,
hut which IN simply working inolel
are necessarily fixed az certain point
FOR n given trial. Screws OF lafiops
pitches and ranging from ~ 70 ~ eea
iimotres IN diameter have been eAptIl-
mented with, hnt II Is not yet definitely
determined which shall be adopted Tor
With the smallest the engines develop
a speed of 1900 revolutions q minute
with the larger ones the speed ~ some
| what decreased a thin jacket OF as
hestos covers the upper portion OF the
body of the fish Ii Is unusually porous
and probably rs employed % prevent NV
due loss Of heat by radiation lhe NlhEs
or aerOplauee are ~ iOr.shupru' hhu 'vlt
sist OF light frames ~ tubular mulhi
Mum steel covered with China sllk, ~
front one n forty-twO inches wide IN the
widest paIT. and has an extreme lenglu
of forty feet from mp 70 MP Inc leal
| ono Is somewhat 8mallcr BofLh aero
planes are designed 20 be- adjustable VIII
reference to the angle they present .
the mir. a tubular mast eAtellH up
yvnrdly and dOwuwarlly through ahou
nc middle of the craft. and from ~ e1
treinities of the aeroplanes aud the end
~ ma tubular backbone, and 10y I'M
o frnssing arrangement the whole structur
Is rendered exceedingly stun
!, THE WORK CONDUCTED IN sE
i CRET
e The machine was constructed and pel
= footed no 50 present degree in the rooi
whore 81 now rests ~ was cohcefe
about twenty months ago ny Ifoitase
/" Ianrley. who associated VITA mn
,s HE work Of experimentation DIT W
N Niniock. Four skilled WVrkmeh }
,ncrhonics ana metaliugy were put
,york af 30 cents on hour under peht
m ~ secrecv The work went on At ol
w bonrs mostly az night and On sunday
4, Al tie institution me slficlf3t ~ w
n lions were laid on the waicng,sn 20 ~,
I. o1 infrtiders % the scent Inc Whlc
~ 49,, ti,e,nselves were instructed % tpi
tbeir backs or walk 10 the other eha
~. corridor when word was passed ife
M eL5qf fhat SOME article WHs -
c1pypved 10 or FROM The secret enh ~
m n said that one einWoye was 9i7'.Ai
- merely fOr heing seen % thf tm
en ~ he buiiding None Of the reg
Ia efpnloyes wis SUPPOSED y know WI
-. .,,'fus al there. a. matter OF lh'
80 feu III them DO kno" that nn
Sc. ,bi2g unusual is there az the psese
time. ,.,.o.
THE CENTRAL TUBE.
Professor Langley went 20 frauce
,eres,,allr nbenntend the making q {
/. rentrel uibe. whirh constitutes ine pa'
? bone 81 the Muctare anA pipnsnt
bark with him anions ~ ptrs'n.ai
ge, fecis. ~ insure careiui AanestiE, =
tt.tt ~ NJ ~ hnndlei easlly uY 90
.t During lls Paris Wait. while
pa ssaeh via ihe most advanced inysAsi'