The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
I'm THE DEEP OF TIVE
THOnhS ADDISON
.EoRCE PARSONS LkTHR0P


he said. easily yef vita a strange accent.
-.grr,aysss,sr a. though his words were Snow
faka- CRYSTALS cold Al nrst bat melting as
thav- feft. we had not thought u worth
while, but y0u have made 80 macn sd-
vance lately that y seemed best 70 nelp
YOU. We kurois move by will power IL
a. said many OF our people have come 20
W, sseresIv. before We know a great
deal about your life But Rnul just now
f. psas against the law for our people 10
vlss Earth. Il lowered them and always
did YOU harm and caused wars among
you. much against our viii and desire.
Even non. fear. my coming VIII make
disturbance"
lie was Ike a man, but endowed much
above a man. and with something weird
and incomprehensibIe about him.
seEViu yea not tell as something about
Eurog'' asked Gsraemantles seFenely. He
was the only one % our group who seemed
anything near equal 70 Z0rlin- ''or would
you prefer 10 rest?'
The first duty OF missionary" Zorlin
made answer, sis to learn about the coun-
try or the world he comes to. After that.
he can tell things Not now. learned
much OF your speech from our star-talk;
the rest from Bronson. But now let US
wait"
We waited accordingly; for the hour
was near dawn. and streaks OF morning
were family limiting al day In the East
through the windows and even Glissman 5
spectacular eyes looked a trifie dim and
weary.
When We arose some three hours later
in the glory OF a crisp aud cool forenoon OF
autumn, II was decided that we should
begin a jaunt Of observation through the
country. back 10 New York This was
partly for ZorE MS benefit, but il suited me
equally well, since / was almost as much
a stranger a. he For convenience We
took the walking balloon down the noun
tains as this was the pleasantest convey
anca over rough ground. when there were
no large airshtps handy.
This vehicle 3 a shallow car, with small
hollow sails Of silk above IT, containing
just enough gas 10 keep 1t about thirty
feet above ground. assisted by a small
electric engine in the center. From the
bottom OF the car two long rods. or me-
chanical legs made OF aluminum-the
ilEhtest known metal-extended down 10
the ground, where they are reciprocated
at regular intervals by an eleetrom otor,
which enables them 20 initiate the motion
OF walking and carry the balloon along al
tho rate OF some fifteen miles an hour.
They are not meant for high speed. and
can travel only. OF course. on prepared
routes, but are very convenient in certain
places.
Air cutters and the larger air ships are
employed for flying in any direction and
with much greater velocity. They are on
an entirely different plan from the flying
machines which were announced, but had
not yet come into use when 1 was last
alive. The present airshIps apply the prin-
viple shown, for example n the rapid fint
ter OF the humble bees wing. This Is the
shutter principle. The ship itself is
built OF lattced aluminium strengthened
with a small amount of copper. and en-
cd txrfs az mr.
lection against weather (celluloid now be-
ing generally used In place or glass;.
Through the center OF the floor are thrust
four short aluminium tubes three feet in
diameter with three feet OF length below:
and these are each filled with 2.ooo very
thin Ceiluloid shutters, so arranged that
they can be thrown upward. presenting
only their thin edges TO the air, Offering
no resistance TO Il. The instant they are
turned down fat. they prevent the passage
OF air from below, and 50 compress IL into
great density The inertia Of the air in
the tubes. YOU sec" Hammerfieet remark
Ell. makes IL Ike a rigid coIumn-more
rigid than steel, This forces the car up
ward, when il starts; and IL ascends on the
top Of "a continually helghtening pillar of
air which holds IL up buoyantly and Arm
~. The 2e0 shutters IA each tube work
between balanced springs and reciprocate
a. the rate Of - 90 strokes a minute-that
Is. they open and shut 30 times every Sec
oud."
The motor by which they were worked
was, | thought, very ingenious IL IL a
small electric engine Of eleven horse
power. set between the tubes. and has an
RFfnature OF the finest chemically pure
3Fou wire. wound with silver and insulated
with collolton reduced by chemical means
10 cehulusc. The armature. By an auto
matte dev+Ce. - balanced TO suit an de-
grces ~ speed. and has "A revolution or
la@4 per minute. The reciprocat.ng parts
are Of alEwi num he bearings are com
pressed grR phI3e. subr- Gated with a volatile
OH keep, VISIONS hv sold carboni, acid held
IN a box on the bearings. The motor and
mechanism weigh ousy 10 pounds. and the
electricity la generated hy oxldlx,ng gas
retort carbon in fused soda 18th OK De Of
copper as reduccr
Tho idea % fhe ship IS radically unlike
former ma chlnes, which either depended
on disturbing and chnrntnE up the ar. or
relied on aeF0p.aups or the rush 81 air
under aB upward slant.
Thts later and successful contrlvauee
rests on she soId hgi,ding up OF a com
pressed air foundation beneath it. se that
tt caurof poSsh ,y fail The direction Is
controlled u iwo 1r three ways. the usual
ono being ny ordinary artificial six sails
together With "a AE1t rudder OF stretched
silk for fr,e king ami steering. as on the
water. ny us.nE an aluminium screw.
WITH an auxiliary engine instead OF tire
silk rutis- one is indeperdeut ~ the
W.sra. and can raise she speed VI the air
ship 20 between sixty ana o. Shty mites an
hour
Al tae foot % the mountain ~ changed
20 ore ~ these clu cages and as we few
along. We saw many others budding nv