Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-29
the ALliATROss.

The latest invention In nyiug ma
chimes II that OF Mr.. william Paul, a
Russian by birtb,now living In Chlca.
20. lie calls bis air ship tue AlbAtro,s
and confidently expects great results
from H.
According to the descriptions the
Aibaifots 10 a boat frame nineteen iotI
long and ak feet wide, covered with
oilcloih. Above this ate three balance
tunnels, the central one being left open
at the TOP while tho two side spaces are
rooted. Above this are the vings,
seven feet Wide aud forty feet In leBgth
from Tip to tip. Above the wings IL an
adjustable plane supposed 10 balance
the machlne aud back Of tho body IL a
tail anu also ruidor.
The Inventor 10 now waiting for n
favorable wind TO lln him up Into tho
air. Two preliminary experiments he
considers entirely satisfactory. One
proved that he had complete control
over the equilibrium Of tho machine.
Tho other demonstrated, Il 10 thought,
tina, II could DO steadisd In its flight
and come down as gently A. the bird
whose name II bear, aud the Inventor,
therefore, feels oonndeat that when he
gets a good start, he will 10 able TO sail
up In the air AID allght somewhere Ia
MichigAn.
Tue construction Of tho AlbAlross IL
the result Of a change OF opinion
among serial uAyigalors, according 10
which the basis Of experiments must be-
shiitod from tho principle OF the bal.
loon 10 that OF tho bird. Mt. Paul hav.
log been close observer OF tho alba
ttosa came 10 the conclusion that the bird
obtains Ia soaring ana speed powers
through the peculiar shape u It, wings
and ~ method Of balancing the body.
The problem now was to construct
machine In Initiation Of the albatro,s.
When Mt. Paul came to Chicago,
eighteen years ago, he began 10 put bis
ideas into practical form by building
small models ami flying them a. kites.
Then, In 1859. he went TO Mammoth
GAYS, Ky. aud built his hfsl albatfcss
machine on u large scale. Il was In.
tended TO carry nno man-himself-
weighing 1870 pounds. Win this mi.
chine hn Experimental two year,, ana
on one occasion, at Eden. pond, near
Mammoth Gave, scared In the air Tor
three quarters Of an hour. lie says he
could stay up In tho air for an indrf.
nlte time under the same conditions.
Mt Paul states that ono day when The
wind was pretty high his "albAtroasp
machine lifted nine men from the
ground aud ALMOST carried them up
Into the tky. Three Of tho men we're
newspaper reporters.
Tho present model cost ior construc.
ton the Gum Of $3.50, and 1t 10 nothing
but soarln machine. Gtis the plan,
when all the details have bseu psf.
iau,Ud and its success established, to
build a much larger maohlne. capable
Of carry log i've or six passengers aud
equip II with motor and propeller.
The various attempts At solving tho
problem Of soaring through the ait 10.
stead Of crawling along the surface Of
the earth cannot but DO Viewed with
the greatest Interest, TOR tue accom-
plshmont Of that feat will have an i'm.
mpusa influence on the further deyel.
upment OF human society In all IT,
ramineallona lm significance ia hartly
less than that which was attached @.
name tlfst ttiJrt nj crossing stream o
floating log, from which proupuJ
thu whole modern science OF
navigation has sprung. Oae eject
may be the bringing toseinef
IN closer fellowship tho nalions
OF the eaTlh and consequently the
fastening Of that era VI brotherhood
ana peace for which mankind Is bug.
ing. Speaking Of tnis sublo1l one of
Ma, PauPa irlenis ami suppluof
writes;
am glad 10 believe that when man
succeeds In dying through the AIR tho ul.
tlmaIo utiaUt Will be DO diminish greatly
The frequency Of wars and To substitute
some moro rational methods " settling
international Misunderstanding This
may come 10 pass not only because Of tho