Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP.

| the trailers are to be joined to one another
| by couplers extending from the center of
| each balloon CylinderS rounded end ana
| iointed to bend in any direction. Thus con-
| nected, long train Ia Zeppelin will have
! the appearance of string OF giant saul
sases. The vestibule at each point of juno
| ton will be a covering sheet allowing Tree
| movement. but preventing wind from blow
! ing IN between the trailers and causing re-
| sistance. With these coverings in place the
| connected train will appear like a gigantic
| elongated worm.
The passengers crew. cargo fuel and
supplies of this queer aerial train are to he
| carried in what appear to be little open row.
boats. two of which are attached TO lhe
cangway under each balloon cylinder. Be
tween these boats and from the center OF
each balloon hangs q long pendulum with "a
round weight at the bottom. This weight IS
attached to ropes extending INTO eacn oI
the two boats. where the crew. by pulling
the weight back toward the stern or
forward toward the bow, cause the vessel
to slant. respectively. upward or Gown
ward and 10 thus elevate or lower itsel1 as
il travels The locomotive and each trailer
are provided with this novel balancing
gear To drive the air screws OF ms loco
motive Count Zeppelin will doubtless en-
ploy whatever form Of motor proves mos.
satisfactory in the course of his present
experiments.
Hoon, in Freak Airship Inventions.
The news OF Zeppelin y tAl''i lliiNl'N7 it''
added great stimulus to the zeal of the arr
shin inventors throughout the world. 1t
being known that Uncle Sam is anxious
for a fleet of aerial warships. and that ms
board of ordnance is paying for expert
ments along those lines. great numbers OF
these inventors are offering to excel the
device of tho German count if our treasury
will only unbar the vaults which hoard the
coin of the realm. The shrewd airship in
vertor is careful to patent his ideas before
Offering them to Uncle Sans ofhClalS.
since the Zeppalin excitement commenced
tho patent office has received a vast num-
Der of applications for flying machine pat
ents. They come from all parts or the
world Here are some of the very recent
fIving warships which these geniuseS have
to offer Uncle Sam that he may terrify
armed Europe into goose flesh and cold
shivers:
Charles Stanley of San Francisco would
contribute to the future United States
aerial navy monster war craft able to
glide as readily on water as in air. That
this inventor has actually demonstrated
his device would be made evident by his
assertion that .'in practice he has used
to advantage fanlike air propellerS, ar
ranged upon the top of the machine to
screw it up through the atmosphere. From
tn. front and rear points projects a similar
screw. The body of this airship is of hol-
low aluminium. shaped like piece of chalk
sharpcncd at both ends and floating length
wise Gas fills all but the lower third, re-
served for machinery, passengers. etc. and
lighted by portfolios. On either side of the
cylindrical body is series of aerOplaneS,
enabling the machine to go santWiSe, up
or down. There are a reserve propeller and
rudder for water runs.
AS a precautionary measure for instance
in time of war" parachutes are arranged
in tubes extending down through the gas
chamber. These may be released to check
the speed of descent.
Ideas From Foreign Lands.
war airship which might be mistaken
for a huge whale can be furnished by John
F. Pickering, "a subject of the Queen of
Great Britain. residing at Gonaives. Haiti"
The upper half is to be filled with gas; the
lower is to be divided into rooms for en-
gines, machinery passengers and freight
Fans in the front and rear of the interior
eXpel air jets through tubes projecting to
the outside When the vessel is to be low
cred these jets are shot up through the
roof. When it is to be raised they are ex-
PEELED from beneath. When it is to turn
round they issue from bent elbows fitted to
these tubes.
The aviator" a decided novelty in fving
ships can be rnished the government by
Louis Etienne toZe of COlOmbes France
Viewing this vessel during its warlike ma
neuvers above our heads, it would appear
like two huge cigars floating side by side
and Joined by a complicated collection of
machinery In the midst Of this is a car,
fl ON which prOtrude air screws directed up
ward, backward and forward. sort of
screen arranged over the machine is made
of webs of fabric. which hang down singly
and allow the air to pass through them
during an ascension, but which overlap and