The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-09

-- ,-,--,+frler the entrance gates TO a
7--'- ....,..-sin VII stand a peculiar looking
lecture Of gigantic size
-,-. ark will be the waiting ground ana
-..,,rtlre the great engine now oeihs
r. l,- a trip to the moon This VIII an
If Journeys to the moon country
Pug IN, ranged at popular prices and Il
~ new moon engine succeeds.
...bfne designed to go to the moon
,r,-s and to all other heavenly bodies
+ -, being built by Prof. McEwan, Of
-s,r Mich. Its design is new one and
''.-,.',.,,,Iooked at with the skepticism OF all
tons there is no direct reason for
.-,.1,.,,- mat il will not succeed II 1t
~, sureeed Prof McEwan and his
1s--5s can ascend very near to where Ca
..ssr and his trumpet welcome the MORN
5,s controlling motive for the new in
Ton * that it shall rise Ike rocket
..hort coming down Ike a stick. The
-,eassor proposes to shoot into the clouds
LET TWO miles and remain there as long
h. nleases. He can shoot upon pneu-
r,.tic principles or by an electrical ma
nine operated by dynamo power.
,anv different plans have been offered
t,r the completion of the machine. AS
East as one is experimental with and Is
fopnd TO work well a patent Is obtained
mon it so that the professor can nave
q choice of means should one fail him
NJ the crucial point. He keeps very sun
about his invention, but those near 10
him talk of it freely. 1t is said there Is
much capital interested in it, with many
famous names in the list.
The great machine that goes to the
clouds in such a hurry must be the
reolilation rocket shape, pointed at one
- ana long and narrow enough to
offay little resistance to the air. It's eX-
terror must be as smooth as possiDle.
and its shape such that 1t VIII tenu 10
reif-sllnnort rather than selt-NerDalance'
Roth ends must be nearly the same
weight and the whole as light as posi-
lie The materials selected have been
largely aluminium and phosphQr HStdls
that are strong and light.
THE best device submitted for the
cloud rocket is one that has the car sus-
pended in the middle upon sWlVel.
Whichever way the rocket turns tlS OeI
will remain upright and the people III
il can continue their Observations.
number Of persons can be accommodated
in a car like this and their position ought
to be a comfortable one.
1t is the plan when the rocket starts
upon its journey to propel it with enough
initial velocity to send it as far into the
air as II will CO. namely its extreme hlght.
Thus the rocket must De pIOpblleu AAblil
the electric machine with enough power
30 send il the full distance upward through
which ii is to go. There must be enough
force to overcome, first specific gravity
the power that holds things to the earth;
and second, to overcome the resistance
of the air and clouds; and thirdly, the
weight of the machine itself, 1t will cas-
lily be seen that d great expulsive force is
required.
For expulsion there are choices of
means. The common method of cannon
ball expulsion might be employed, but
there is danger of shock from that Elec-
tricity is considered best. The rocket
must be sent out with enough force to
take it two miles up in the clouds, yet
with not enough shock to injure it or its
occupants.
a very ingenious inventor has prepared
for Prof McEwan a substance invented
by himself which shall greatly assist the
rocket as it is fired off. This substance
IS to be spread out like a platform, and
the rocket is to rest upon it, in its cleo
trio machine, ready to be fired off The
electric machine must be operated, from
distance, for at the time of the explo-
sion the entire substance upon which the
machine rests will be highly charged with
electricity. Persons standing upon il
would be tossed into the air not "sky
high" like the rocket, but far enough up
TO cause death in the descent Its action
under the feet would be that of a spring
board
The scheme of getting up into the air
IS not much an impossible one for any
aeronaut to devise, for many have thought
u out successfully. Maxim with his air
snip and the balloon inventors RIlt the
problem is what to do after YOU get into
the air. How shall you descend with
SAFETY ana how can you prolong your
stay alOft?
This the new machine has solved bv
parachutes. They offea. the best known
resistance to the air THE professor de-
clares. And that he is right any one can
stsI by jumping from shed with
suonS umbrella over the head. A per-
dectly smooth descent is certain. if the
umbrella Is held steady and does not break
nor let air through it.
me air rocket must be fitted with a
PdI dchute at each end. At the moment
mat the rocket is expelled into the air
.le hand or the professor will be upon
W we lever that operates the parachutes
ne Hight INTO the clouds will not take
oHG sixty seconds. It's stoppage can be
speedily determined by the turning of
me swivel and the slant of the rocket
as It's speed slackens.
Al Al TINS second the engineer opens the
ti "CHutes with quick motion. They
Tlu instantly lie spread out against the
4ouus Immediately the rocket comes
% standstill and the aeronauts can
sdze around them.
But as perpetual stiffness has newer hee,,
-o'-,.o any more than perpetual motion, the
po4achute Will move on, the wind viii car
i i, alohg one way and gravity will take
u '4eCndnlCdl devices for
jS,eauylng II as it floats along and steer
t ~ II me desired way have been fitted TO
sHS rocket. There are also three small en-
sues winch will force the rocket higher
~ IN ene ar while in this steady position. and
be can travel many miles. Steering will
~ me least of all the difficulties. as this
AeL unlike balloon, has no great
- -''rouHI OF air in it, and is therefore not so
- tsnt Balloons dance so that II is
Tb o9s.ole TO hold or steer them
ne trouble with the rocket will he to
So 80 ~ from coming down too fast IT
,otL-u descend by easy stages until it
II .oI1s the earth, perhaps ten hours after
tn 'o'h us meteortc course through the air.
$50 So Nurse upward on a slant took sixty
bo.us. Getting down should take ten
10 >, coming straight down
he ne parachutes work right, there will
t,.rr w trouble. But tf they get slanted or
fatr" IN any way, quick drop is ineyi-
contrt,.bEut to prevent this a mechanical
tf1r r,i dhce has been made which will
~, we Darachutes the way they should
Ia. NJ ping them always full of wind ana
r,,,r.t,-.s directly overhead. This is done nv !
.f-,,l'le tnem in kind Of swivel nv which
Is ore Independent of the rocket. There
sb51 liz q contrivance FOR guiding them
'Ie lney turn independently.
,-t HshtinS gravity the sWivels may
AMI 20 work so far up in the c,onds !
... -4- tnGt case the rocket Min 49, !