New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

=-a-'v some one hit It. There was q rattle OF
silver dollars = they fell 10 the ground, and the
lz-tle az-shi2 5arted away into the air, heading
~ Nevy-Eo-k-~
professor" Myers doesn't believe in balloon
accidents ! have been operating twenty-four
ears" SAID he In that time I have carried
aic4t about INoue9 people in free and captive
balloon ascensio1s. and have done so without
i-7u-v 10 2 single irEividuaL I have taken up
-,e-sors Of aII ages ranging from children ID
ans 70 a woman eighty-two years old
The professor never tires Of relating Mrs
MESS achievements in the 4eronautic field
Her husband recalls with pride, he says, an
ascension she made in a free natural gas bal
-oor n Franklin, Penn, several years ago Il
was The highest ascension made with natural
zzs n America She went Up over five miles
Just how high she Went cannot be told, for she
went beyond the recording Init Of the aner0id
Barometer she carried"
The professor" has an unbounded faith IN his
z-re's knowledge Of ar currents. why said
he, she has made al ascension in Utica de-
cIzring her Intention OF landing n her OWL door
yard. and she has done it
->Once q Brooklyn inventor offered her a fine
badge + she would sail from the City Hall
B-coklyr 10 the Battery. then 10 Jersey City,
70 the City Hall there; and. taking advantage
OF the ai- currents. she made the trip"
Professor Myers has made many dirigible
balloons and airshiPs Tor the navigation Of the
2i- J1t Il Is doubtful i any Of them have caused
more gf stir IN the aerial navigation world
than ne aerial torpedo shown al St Louis in
1900 This little machine for the model shown
VS. only about thirteen feet long over ali. spun
around the big area II which I was exhibited
70 he uystItcation Of experts and all others
VIE witnessed the manipulation Of it The
motive power was plain Tor the wires through
sE-ca the electric current was furnished TO the
machine trailed along behind But the mystery
q Il was that without an operator aboard. the
little snip was made 70 rise. fall turn about,
Il fact make all kinds Of evOlutions by the
Operation Of the switch II the hands Of the oper-
s-o- seated below And that part Of the little
slips demonstration remains a mystery yet
According % the inventor. no one has solved II,
zDd Professor Myers says he prefers TO let
tte matter remain q secret II Is said that the
Va Department could make good use Of this
a--zu-P 20 drop torpedoes when desired in the
event q 2 blockade OF other warlike operations,
zn6 Il wlu u-0babIy get a thorough test before
army officials al The balloon farm next summer
Under The gas bag of The torpedo. which is
peculiarly shaped, being sharply pointed At both
ends -o q. way with Is much air resistance
Is possible. d tiny electric motor weighing
--- -.-- and q half pounds and capable OF De
E--.E--g --e-guarte- OF q horse power ms
operates an aluminium propeller that drives the
machine --rHar1- Under the forward part OF
tE- vessel ar= z set Of aerOplaDes. by the
--l-- anon o. which the machine rises and
-z--s- --rLs about and makes other evolutions
u The -.r Il Is the moving Of these planes at
- SSH u The operator that has thus far ba1led
a. experts who have seen the airship II opera