The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-09
tCopyright, 1850

( This way to the Meon!' Round trip
tickets to the Moon,' "Children ran
tprice.' Family PARTIES at reduced rates.,
-i,aSiet parties welcome to tire tables!
! tbs nor impossible that such may be the
Agns decorating the entrance gates TO a
.->trs wherein will stand a peculiar looking
STRUCTURE of gigantic size.
.,,he mark viii be'the waiting ground and
'+he structure the great engine now being
tauilt for a trip to the neon. ms Will all
E,a lpen IL journeys to the moon country
k-au be arranged at popular prices, anu
= me new ..rneon engine" succeeds.
\ machine Designed TO go to the moon,
~ Mars and TO all other heavenly bottles
is now being built by Prof. McEwan CT
Jackson, Mica. lis design IL new one,
and, though looked at with the hkep'itisi
or all iunovaiienS there is TO direct reason
for believing q at it will not succeed. IL II
does succeed, Pref McEwa II and ms friends
can ascend very near TO where Gabriel
and his trumpet welcome the morningn-
TWO MILES a MINUTE.
TIE controlling Il olive Tor The new III
yeRtiun is HAT II Shall rise hSe rochet'
-wieaouC coming down Ike SICK lac
professor proposes to shoot lnto 1he ciouus
M least two miles and rcnlain there as
long as he plsascs He can shoot upon
pneumatic principles or by an electrical
\. s.s.iue operate. IS dynamo power.
Many different plans have been Offered
fast as one is experimental With ana is
folpd to work well, u patent Is obtained
uron it SO that tic professor can have
c,ric, of means should one fail him at
the crucial point He keeps very sui
about his invention, but those near TO MN
tar, OF IL freely II is said there is Mulch
c;lp.;.,I Interested i'll it, with many famous
names IN the list
4 ~. great machine that goes to the clouds
,tSt no ia
rocket shape, pointed at one end ana long
and narrow enough to offer little resist
uu-,, to the air Its exterior must De as
smooth as possible and It's shape such tnat
IL Will tend 10 s.lf-support, RATHER TIA.
SELF verbal lance Both ends must he nearly
the same weight, and the whole as light
Us possible The materials selected have
been largely aluminium and phosphor met
ais that are strong and light.
The best device submitted FOR the cloud
rocket is one that has the car suspended In
the middle lDon swivel Whichever way
the rocket turns, the car Will remain up
ri.iit, and the p"ople in il can continue their
Observations A number OF persons can
be accemmo dated in car like this nd their
position ought to be comfortable one.
THE MOTIVE POWER.
1t is the plan when the rocket starts
upon its Journey to propel 1t with enough
as it Will go. namely its extreme height.
Thus the rocket must be propelled from the
electric machine with enough power to
send it the full distance upward through
which it is to go. There must be enough
force to overcome, first. specific GRAVITY
tile power that holds things to the earth;
and second, to overcome the Resistance OF
tile air and clouds; and thirdly, the weight
OF the machine itself. 1t will easily be seen
that a great eXpuIsive force is required.
For expulsion there are choices of means.
The common method of caEnen-ball ex-
puisop might he employed. but there is
danger OF shock from that. Electricity is
considered best. The rocket must he sent
ont with enough force TO take it two miles
upin the clouds. yet withnot enough shock
to injure II or its occupants.
A very ingenious inventor has prepared
for Prof McEwen u substance invented
by himself. which shall greatly assist the
rocket as il is fired Off. This substance is
to be spread out like a platform, and the
rocket is to rest upon IL. in its electric ma
chine ready TO be fired Off. The electric
machine must be operated at distance for
at the time OF the explosion the entire sub
stance upon which the machine rests must
be highly charged with electricity. Per
sons standing upon it would be tossed into
the air, not sky high" like the rocket
but far enough up to cause Death in the de-
scent. Its action under the feet would be
that of a sprngboard.
The scheme of getting up into the air /
is not such an impossible one for any aero
naut to devise for many have thought it
out successfully. Maxim. with his air
ship, and the balloon inventors. But the
problem Is what to do after you get in the