Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-21
THE AERIAL TRICYCLE..
Novel Air Ship Invented by a
Milwaukee Man.
cot THE IDEA PROM THE FLY,


Was Discovered Accidentally, Says
the Acknowledgment TO Win St.
Louis 100000 Prize.
VIII Max Cohn of Milwaukee sue
coed in lifting the 100000 reward
20 be given at the st. Louis Louisiana
Purchase exhibition to the man who
exhibits the most successful air ship Z
He and many Of his friends believe be
has applied principle to his proposed
aerial tricycle. that cannot fail to
achieve this enviable success, says the
Milwaukee Sentinel
1.-THE sailing CARD principle is the
open sesame to the Golfers Of the expo
sition corporation. according to many
who have investigated the novel idea.
ana Mr.. Cohn Is busy these days or
ganizing this company which 1s expect
ed to bring more fame to Milwaukee.
The air ship will be about sixty feet
In length and fourteen in diameter. TT
will be propelled and steered By hui
man energy and have appended to the
balloon a sort Of tricycle., Oh which will
sit the men who furnish he power
and brains necessary 10 the operation
81 the great wingless fier.
The propeller will be affixed to the
stern Of tie ship, but the rudder will
be in front. This rudder will be in the
form of a disk, as Will also pair Of
planes placed at the sides OF the ma
chine. The planes and rudder will aD
be kept in rapid revolution while the
air ship is in motion, and here lies the
secret OF the inventors idea.
His machine will weigh but a tribe
more than the air 1t displaces, and II
Ss his belief that by running the ma.
chime on its wheels along the ground
and starting the propeller sufficient
momentum can be attained to raise the
slight weight from the earth. The pro
peller will keep the air ship In motion
while the horizontal disks, tilted up
ward, will raise the machine and the
circular rudder turned either way viii
give the desired direction. But it is in
the revolution OF the three disks which
are expected TO cut the cir as does the
revolving card, that the inventor pias
bis faith.
Just how came TO form the idea
Of attempting TO solve this difficult
and fascinating problem / cannot re
member" Mr.. Cohn said to a reporter
'but at the age Of sixteen found my.
self at the task Of constructing a fly
Ing machine, and assure you was SO
engrossed In 1t that l neglected my
meals and other boyhood pleasures on
account Of 1t, and even today / can
produce the scroll saw, wood, pieces
Of cigar boxes, glue, ingeniously con
structed pulleys and other parts of
this, my first attempt OF childhood,
fancy, which, as any one can readily
Imagine, was patterned after the con
struction OF birds. Wherever the occa.
sion presented itself, but never neg.
lect1ng my duties, made observations
Mischief led TO the discovery of my
theory. Here's how it happened. After
finishing commercial course at a Spen
cerian business college 1 secured a 30
sition as bookkeeper in one Of Milwau
KEGS leading dry goods houses. Hcre
the cash boys, who were perhaps three
or four Vars my junior, devoted their
surplus 7-Argy and time to all kinds of
youthful d -ersions, and among Other
things they L 'de some wooden toy bis.
tolls which VIC Id shoot tiny pieces OF
Nd hon ND T.
leased rubber band. One day one Of
these boys tried TO amuse himself by
shooting at me. Although l oftep
sailed stones or other fat missiles while
at play, their action never attracted MT
attention as these tiny bits of paste
board did, no doubt because felt quite
pain when one struck me in the face
or on the hands. While trying to evade |
them / noticed how gracefully and ac
curately they would revollN through |
the air, and all Of sudden flashed |
through my mind, That's just TIE thins
for rudder IN flying machine
AFTER that / secretly made expert
ments with such tiny pieces Of card
board by attempting TO throw them
with all my might, but always failed to
obtain any such results rs the toy pls.
tol did by shooting them. Then l con.
alluded to make experiments with larger
pieces OF pasteboard by twirllng them
through the air and was delighted with
their action, which satisfied me that
my theory was correct and that revoly.
Ing planes ought to solve the problem
Or aerial flight From that time until
lso8 / experimental and kept nv In.
ventfon a secret for fear Of being
known as a crank, and time has dem.
onstrated that my fears were well
grounded. BY studying and making OBJ
'ervauons Of the fight of birds and the
,ommon house fly. which in my opin.
on surpasses any bird Of flight. l even.
ually evolved In idea of an exueri.
mental machine which would embody
he cbeape; motive power and general
and at the same time over.
ONE those two other seemingly fnsur-
obstacles. equilibrium and
initial velocity, the latter being better
,nown to the laity as the start With
hese objects in view 1 intend to make
ny nrst machine In the form Of =
ricycle
Living ON Peanuts.