The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-31

capital of 300. 900 francs, may have been
lacking in the highest qualities of public
spirit. He was placed in Jail for taking
money for his little private flying ma
chimes. costing from $500 to s.. 900. which
he failed to deliver. But his merit lies
IN discovering the want that fills the
breasts of a large number Of men today.
1t is only the somewhat headlong method
Of gratifying that yearning which has
interfered for a time with his loco
motion. Had he 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 frcm 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 If the discovery that the
bicycle NJ logger satisfies the longing Of
mankind tow ard freer movement over
the face of land and water. If we are
to believe the evolutionists. man is the
result Of gradual aspiration. from the
worm that walloweth on a portion of its
anatomy unsuited to ears polite, through
che many footed, the four footed and four
handed beasts. up to the natural lord Of
creation who runs perpendicular OF 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 one 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 CHAR of
the earth?
The principle Of the balloon, useful lis
it is in overcoming gravity, has carried
generations IF inventors into a fools
paradise.
Birds are lighter thar 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. i'll which our able await
ors are now reposing SO much conf
dence. but upon v,nch they take care
not to repose their own brittle bodies. is
the result Of a study of the soaring Of
birds. Latterly it has been reasoned
out that individual feathers have 4
powerful Influence in supporting the
bird in air. So the aeroplanes are made
not solid, but with Stats, and in some
cases jointed in sections, so that while
one portion is in one plane another may
be tilted up or down to get the lifting
power of a change of angle. This power
Is SO great that our leading a~yiators,
like Hiram Maxim and Professor Lang
ley, expect t. obtain great velocities if
they can once get their airships under
way and under control.
The money spent by these inventors
and Investigators is mounting to IA greij
but Vine shall say it is wasted. con
the benefits to accrue! The re.
mark attributed to Giffa. ID when dying
that he would not reveal the secret of his
because The thought he saw the
air ensanguined by wal as the seas have |
been, and the EARTH" need not disturb |
us. If he did say that, he was Temporal
rily in a state of weakness, for the fiy- |
ing machine will do more than ANYTHING |
yet invented to break down the preju- |
dices of n nation for another. Wars
are the result of such prejudices care
fully infamed by ambitious men, and
the aviation is not going to STOP
all wars it will surely reduce them to q
More important than such machines rs |
Renard and Krebs success
tully steered from Meudon to the walls
Paris and back again are the small
lying machines developed from the BIZ
'ycle, which seem now about to make
heir appearance. The bicycle with cleo
motor is invented. Now comes the
.urE of a combination Of bicycle and
ly1ator which shall permit the rider to
cave earth and skim along for 100 yards
y 80 without detriment to himself or
10 machine. By way Of these inven-
ions will come tho discovery, step by
tep, of means and methods Of sustain
ng flight for longer periods and also
he actual training in motion through
he air which is now wanting to man.
lind.
The inventors who are constructing
n paper or in actuality great flying ma
hines are like men of an inland race
vho have for the first time seen a broad
'iece of water. Before learning to pad
lie a ano they are already building a
before understanding the prin-
iple of the steam engine they are SET
ing to work to make an ocean steamer.
What is wanted is a popular air cycle,
n .air safety" to lead the way to larger
ir wagons with sustained fight. Who
I'LL invent one!-New York Times.
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