New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-12
As levied people deneth comunly
or things that Ten maad more subtNiy

Than thev can in her Iewedness comp.ehends
They demen gladly TO the bladder enie--
gut the Size With the ntentoH Of thoroughly
testing and celebrating the details OF me nesnan.
chancs more than Of actually taking e the air;
s smaller Sl maa aSRRai capable Of Hiring Of
jockeylike proportions and moun,ed on oIa ANN 0n
fish. can be attempted FOR initial practice
The hitting force OF the machine Is meas suacc
about half mile in length. and the machine Is
prevented from taking to fight ~ wheels rohn ing
remains to be done in the way OF practice IN yer.
cal steering before taking leave Of the EARN: me
wishes 10 descend and alight on the ground again.
chsuser aid not s.e 50 s sn the
Horse IN the Squieres Tale:
Th,. same stede shall bere VOW ever-rnore
With-outen harm, I'll ye be ther VOW I Iss,s:
ana turns aysyn. With wrythins OF PIN
But whan VOW list % ryden anywhere.
ps nm as sle a pn sah another Pin
Trlle this pin, and he VOL yanishe anon.
The "wrything of a PIN is not inapt in descne
ing the dominating gyrostatic orsn OF the e xsrtsc
The Bexley machine. complete with the SS oa;
weighs 5000 pounds. and running at forty miles en
h Ss :n with So g
the screws is 1000 pounds and the if'ing enect Oh
the aeropanes and wings. 1000 square feet In area
thrust 81 ZOO pounds at fpry r With mls sp. q
of advance OF the screw OF sixty miles an hour
800 indicated horsepower 4. an
square feet each screw being nearly eighteen Zee.
in diameter with pitch OF sixteen zee. am NEED a.
Mr Maxim calculates that after making all a.,
pounds per horsepower; but that, with improve.
inens, ne hopes 70 raise this figure to niy OF
flight OF 800 or 600 miles. -,.,.
the machine Is Ss M wS and
that short run over moderately level fela WI
naf 9ar as to aans sns
aerial navigator will touch the ground wn nnab 0 70
rest by sliding on the ground for short distance.
In this manner very little shock would result
SSTea to fs a afeess earth
vancing the shock though not strong enough TO
hS as" e raj 'S nSre
These numbers are taken from M; Ma sssars
the Society Of Arts, November 2s 1894. where full
account of the mechanical details VIII De ,t ,Su tSs
stresses selfcontained and rackins o. the
adopted by Mr. Thorneycroft in his recent M tor,
pdo boats ,ss. sn nsuss M rom cS
$50 Horsepower can be Developed The boiler s.h =:
nss Rsss a is s %sSns on
providing 800 horsepower the hre is gwen nS,hs
steel burner with l3.tpO JETS maze from INC
yapor delivered from an automatic gas kshetaW'
For details the reader must be referrel 10 -:
Maxim's lecture: but the CHIEF result arnv0 -
may be Unmarried as performance OF one noSA
power for every eleven pounds or weight ~ W
motor complete. 49,. ..sA
duced which will weigh considerably less than
ordinary man; so that when Mr.. Maxim can spa
a little leisure from this fascinating problem
flight ne can beat easily the performance OF N
steam carriages recently competing IN france, ats
carry of, hope. the prize o. irWo oHereo ~
this country by the proprietors OF ihe Engbsess -,
and some day may see his motor utlilIeu ~;
purposes OF military traction, ana gahcping louno
the smartest battery of artillery on Woolwicn Co"
-. xuo.. ard
Mr. Maxim eschews the gasbag or balloons NV
the use OF vertical for securing levitauvh.
and he relies entirely the upward thrust on s w,
aeroplane and wings. mounted at slope OF ,ovr'
in due 10 the currents OF air rushing past tlsIi
These surfaces are formed OF canvas. strctcnsss
on a skeleton framework OF hollow steel rods tos
the struts and thin steel wire for the ties me is
central aerop,ane is composed OF two parael cnh AL
vas surfaces, with 4 space between. anu III .IaJJ
way the shap pc preserved better, ana the ee,s"'
set OF the wings smooth like cardboard snou.u e.
cite the envy and stimulate the imitation o. our
saiImakers for Yacht racing. The front ana rca!
wings q re- shown pivoted about horizontal AXIS
so as 10 act as rudders IN a vertical plane. . =.
When the machine is started II Is teo up ~ ~
Indicator post In IT'S rear the propellers are sne
set In motion and soon drive gale OF WHO ~
their wake: when the pull OF the rope mas reacnea
a definite amount say 1000 pounds, hook Is re-
lea sed and the machine starts on It's journey ao1s
no