Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-16

or nature We make them our huoIb
friends.
For the first time lightning and
storm are coupled together for draw
ing the uhariots of peace, ! have
learned that air is a supporting msdi-
um 70 has "a great power of uphold
inc and propelling even heavy objects.
by It's help then, what cannot be ac-
compIished with "A light, evenly bal
unced machine?
THE THEORY,
In a storm such things Us men, an
finals. pianos, heavy stones. even
houses dy elegantly on the wings Of
the air. supported and propelled solely
by the air. Mechanically considered
the effect Is the SAME II an object
hies with a speed OF 80 fiIts through
quiet air or II a resting object, acc
cessible 10 the air, is attacked by a
storm Of 80 miles, the supporting power
OF the air is In both eases the same.
a Kite supported either by storm or
drawing on a string through the air
proves this theory The faster an ob-
ject flies through the air the greater
- the number Of supporting air units
per seco.d. just as with skating over
thin ice-the faster the skater goes the
less is the danger Of breaking through.
Newton s.theory Of Increased re-
sistance of the air with increased speed
IL fundamentally wrong. and 80 are
all the mathematical formulas based
on NeWton's wrong NewtOn's error
was the greatest drawback for the de-
velopment of aerial flight and connect
ed matters n he We're right a swal-
low would require the strength OF an
OK to enable II to wing It's way through
the air, where It is known that this
bird possesses but a minimum OF
strength.
Recent experiments have shown
that q metal plate at a proper angle
against the air, II propelled 45 miles an
hour by steam, weighs only one-six-
teentn Of It's original weight, az So
miles, one-twentleth Of It's weight In
an aerial propeller the propeller screws
itself into new spheres Of air The fas-
ter the progress the fewer slips occur,
and air appears as a solid mass.
THE AEROPLANE.
h"The aeroplane is best known In the
form Of kite or box kite OF weather
cock or windmill, or air fan Recent
experiments with the box Kites show
the great supporting power OF the aer-
Oplanes easily is man is lifted by
one or two kites and kept floating In
the air. A small boys kite OF not more
than two square feet Of space, covered
with tissue paper, HITS easily two or
three pounds, as experiments show.
Where a storm can enter a big hall,
such az a station, built Of glass and
Iron and weighing many hundreds of
tons Il is an easy thing for II when
travelling at 60 to 100 miles an hour
TO lift the whole building. carry II some
distance and utterly destroy Il, This
power OF air combined with rigid
planes, has not been used yet properly
In my air car | have put into use
the valuable facts learned by expert
with such a simple thing as a
kite, and / believe that the greater part
OF the success Of the machine is due
10 the utilization OF the aeroplane.
There are two great difficulties
which every inventor OF an aerial ma
chine has to battle with-equlllibrium
and great weight in all aerial locomO-
ton.
Equilibrium is difficult to maintain
In an aeroplane. more difficult than In
case Of a raft In water Most things
In cOmerce are too heavy 70 be trans
ported IN free air and machinery Is al
so too heavy but by careful study I
believe | have learned how 10 over
come the difficulty.
IF you attach an arerOplane at an
acute angle TO the horizontal plane to
a rail or track, so that IL cannot es-
cape from the track, you solve the
problem Of equilibrium In the easiest
way. But in this case the wheels must
run at the under side Of the track.
PROBLEM OF WEIGHT.
"The question Of great weight has al
SO been settled, II YOU do not carry
along your prime motors but take
them from wires along a track. as our
trolley cars. the greatest difficulty Is
overcome as to locomotion by means of
an aeroplane in a horizontal direction
And II you succeed IN attaining rapid
speed with your aeroplanc no weight
Is too heavy for lOcomotion
Ideal locOmotion.' concluded Prof
Brodbeck, lis the combination OF loco.
motion In the air with all the adyan.
tage Of both. but without the
drawbacks Of either-that Is. safe.
fast. infinitely fast, economical: I'm a
straight line, and thus by shortest
route, without necessity Of carrying
along machinery without jerks. with.
out friction. without loss OF energy,
without jumping from the rails. With
out any ruinatlon OF machinery. With
out resistance Of the air without in
creasing the weight OF the track and
locomotive for the sake OF increased
speed but the faster. the safer. the
smoother. the more economical as 10
energy and as to using up ~ material"
When shown the above dispatch this
Dr. Adolph Brodbeck stated
that In the main II was correct with
the exception that he was not backing
the enterprise. That natter he said.
was In the hands OF the New Jersey
Registration & Trust company 525
Main street, East Orange, New Jersey.
This company be affirmed. had the
OF The affairs OF the steel
trust with its 1850 700. 00O in Interests.
The inventor and patentee was found
In his Office az 81 South Second East
this morning. writing a letter and sur
rounded by shelves Of German volumes.
plaster casts Of the Venus OF Milo or
der and other brIc.a-brac. AZ FIRST he
was not Inclined TO talk about his n-
yen'lon but finally stated he had been
on Il for the past II years and
had spent fortune in periecting a.
Eighteen months ago be- patented 81
and since that time be- has been per
fecting Il. He sfllrms that the present
hackers came TO him after having bcen
by a prominent New York
banker, who had seen the practicability
Of the scheme that promises 20 revo.
Iuilonize existing travel Following the