The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-11
Airships. Subma rines
and AutOb0ats Being
Tested in France.
NAVY INTERESTED
in RECENT BATTLE
Use Of New Type Of Warships At
tracts Widespread Attention.
Airships Making Successful
Ascents-Attempts With
Heavier Than Air"
Machines.
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PARIS. June 1o.-The first airship to
make successful ascent this year was
the Lebaudy XIX. which rose Sunday a
Molsson. NJ Juchn1es was steering
Others aboard were Captain Bouttieaux
and Captain Boyer, whom tho Minister OF
War has delegated TO study the new
model in view OF It's possible utilization
for military purposes.
Ernest Archdeacon and Gabriel Vosn
express great satisfaction with the results
of the trial OF their aeroplane at Bllan.
court Thursday, which, with the impetus
supplied by Il tug, rose 25 metres above
the surface OF the Seine and Travelled 300
y metres 1t fell TO the surface OF the river
when the towlinc was cut.
The new aeroplane has a superficial
area Of CD square metres.
S The Prince Of Monaco made further
statement to the Academy OF Science this
week regarding the heavier than air fly
Ing machine invented by NJ. Leger in
which the asccnsional power is nechanl-
cal. The experiments continued with a
half sized model. First laden with a
hundred pounds dead weight, with ten
horse power motor, 1t, rose SO rapidly that
1T broke the eight ropes holding it TO the
ground. Finally a a@twclve horse power
motor raised 80 pounds, when the expert.
ments had TO be interrupted owing TO one
OF the pieces OF the mechanism bending.
4 NJ. Leger concludes from the expert
ments that his large apparatus will raise
thousand pounds. plus the weight Of
the machine, and the aeronaut and fuel
during g flight OF one hour.
Other Attempts.
The aeroplane constructed by MAJ. Err
\ nest Archdeacon and Ga anrici $Yoisin, was
tried yesterday at BIllancourt. The aero
plane was pin ccd on d raft and attached
10 tho autoboat Larapierre. NJ. Foisin
being seated alono in tho center OF the
apparatus.
At signal the autoboat was started
at top speed, and the aeroplane rose. M.
Voisin then disconnected the aeroplane
from the autoboat and made journey OF
about three hundred metrcs,a at an altitude
Of twenty-fiy metres above the river,
finishing by bringing the machine gently
on to the surface Of the water. The pro-
granlme of the experiment was thus fully
carried out.
This seems to mark q. distinct step for
ward in the heavier than air. problem.
For tho purpose of scientifically ex-
ploring tho atmosphere, COmte de Cas-
tillon dc Sant-Victor made an ascent
! Wednesday in his balloon. Centaure, tak-
Ing with him NJ. Joseph Jaubert. director
of the municipal observatories of Paris.
and DR.. Jolly. At an altitude of $500
meters the minimum temperature of two
4 deg. cent. (s6 deg. FahrenheiD was regis
Z tered. The party descended at Mareutl,
near ya1lS at half-past I in the after
noon.
Other aerastatic asccnts were made OH
the same day from Berlin, Strasburg,
Barman, Munich. Vienna, Zurich. Rome
and Tapes.
Interest in Submarines.
The announcement that the Japanese
Used submarines in the battle Of Tsu-
shima has caused great interest in French
naval circles. The experiments carried
out at Toulon this week are regarded
as showing that the French submarines
and their crews arc the best III the
world. Five submarines nanocuvered
below the surface in a comparatively
small area, six torpedo boats being 40.
tailed to keep close watch.
The weather was fine and the sea par,
tic,llarly clear. in spite of which the tor.
pcdo boats failed to locate the SUB.
marines.
Tho result is all the more satisfactory
as the five submarines included me Gus
taye Zedo and the Gymnote, two OF the
first built in France. y
There has been no such successes N
The weather was fine and the sea par
ished In a new submarine machine near near
Palermo.
Extended to Women.
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