Evening star., 1900-10-27

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PERMISSION OF McClUre's Magazine
trip on record Released from the cables
that anchored 1t to the harges Il lose
peisllE AM, ana so steadliy mat tne sWltthess
thousanGs who natchsa !, Wbnm II bnS 'aaJ
reached an altitude of between twelve and
thirteen hundred feet its inward progress
was checked for that is the air stratum in
which it is expected that most of the travel
ing will be done Then the maneuyeriug
began.
Beneath the body of the balloon hing
two aluminium cars one about 100 feet from
the prov of the craft holding the inventor
and two companions: the Other about AN
equal distance. from the other end .ontain-
ing two other passengers The operating
of the craft was done from these two cars
The eager multitude below. with their field
and opera glasses couId see from Ihe decks
Of the fleet of excursion boats most of the
details of operation.
On Il cable suspended beneath the body
of the snip they saw a weight which from
time to time moved back and forward
When it was moved toward the rear of The
airship the prov was elevated and the
whirring propellrrs drove the craft upward
al an angle. When the weight was drawn
forward 'h' great clsaf-iikc object turned
vard As ,on,, os tb i,b nr' ,, c'. ,, a. ~,
in the center the shin moved along on an
even keel
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Presently the air vessel made = wide and
graceful sweep in a ful] circle mart Of rho
time uecese;.rily travelling against tho
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LePpeln th"n pointed II toward the village
of Imme ns:adt and put on some speed
making three ana threC-uuarter miles in
seventeen minutes \ Siizht accident to
one of the rudierS prevented any further
experimentation on that day. and the air
ship came down upon The lake so gently
that there was net the least shock to those
in the aluminium cars which also act as
boats when the ship lands.
Count Zeppelin expressed himself as en-
tirely satisfied with the results of the trip.
No other trial was made at thr time. The
craft was returned to its tig;. ing quarters
and after the necessary repairs had ben
made the inv cntOr and his assistants set
thymSCl Ives to the problem of decreasing
the weight of the ship Despite its great
size and its volume of nearly Ii uUo cubic
yards. il weighed, with cars and crew ,,ulv
eleven tons; but the possibility of dccreas-
ing this weight without sacrificing stability
meant the capacity for just so much more
weight and consequent horsepower IN the
propelng engines.
An Absolute Success.
What alterations and improvements Count
Zeppelin made in consequence of the first
trial he has not revealed but it is assumed
H.,
it was three months and a half before the
great machine was again brought ont
Meantime certain critics had suggested
that the navigation of the snip in an direc-
tiOnS may have, been moi hing more than a
sfillfuI taking advantage Of the air cur
rents which flow III different directions 1t
different heights Attention WAS called ia
the fact that a ballaoniSt had once cr :.
wager. traversed the three. sides of an afrfaI
triangle by raising and lowering his bal
loon To catch the various currents aul If
was hinted that Count ZeppeIin rnuld ha,.r
dome rb. sarn, ,ri+bn,,, .,r,. II -
This last trial Of octnb., - to,.ox
has cnnnIeteIv refu..d thai ,i, m, -
airshin tra,.Isd siv ,nil i,h '
which u-as hlCv.i,,r at. ! ,l ny Niilu'
bI,I,. ,rI',, ,tD"t.'s .!s appul tth hliicS an
falling from tha .,ir stri,,I c , ,n ni
faet in which +, ,,,.,t. ,r,.IiI " Do"t ~ -
agairst - frr.be,,i tr' ',l'S, - r'iil1 @ @ D1eN
II then Went thrnIiSb a Ifn,t a. g go, ,. i",t'
- '.' ";'l ''iiT"Sh d huHiptf or maneu-