Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-15
SAILING IN AIR
And UNDER WATER
AirShipS, Submarines and AutObOatS
Being Tested in France.
NAVY INTERESTED IN RECENT BATTLE
Use of New Type of WarShiPs Attracts
Widespread AttentiOn-AirShiPs Max
ing Successful AScents Attempts
With Heavier Than Air"
Machines.

Paris, June 10. The first airship to
make a successful ascent this year was
the Lebaudy XIX, which rose Sunday
at Moisson. M. Juchmes was steering.
Others aboard were Captain Bouttieaux
and Captain Boyer, whom the Minister
of War has delegated to study the new
model in view of its possible utilization
for military purposes.
Ernest Archdeacon and Gabriel Voisln
express great satisfaction with the re-
suits of the trial of their aeroplane at
Billancourt Thursday, which, with the
impetus supplied by tug, rose % me-
tres above the surface of the Seine and
Travelled 300 metres. 1t fell to the sur
face of the river when the towline was
cut.
The new aeroplane has superficial
area of 60 square metres.
The Prince of Monaco made further
statement to the Academy of Science
this week regarding the heavier than
air flying machine invented by M.
Leger, in which the ascensional power
is mechanical. The experiments con-
tinued with half sized model. First
laden with ten horse power motor, it
rose so rapidly that it broke the eight
ropes holding it to the ground. Finally
a twelve horse power motor raised 2OO
pounds, when the experiments had to
be interrupted owing to one Of the
pieces of the mechanism bending.
M. 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 flight of one hour.
OTHER ATTEMPTS.
The aeroplane constructed by M. En-
nest Archdeacon and Gabriel Voisln,
was tried yesterday at Billancourt. The
acrOpiane was placed on q raft and at
tached to the autoboat Larapierre M.
Voisin being seated alone in the center
of the apparatus.
At signal the autoboat was started
at top speed, and the aeroplane rose.
NJ. Yoisin then disconnected the aerop-
lane from the autoboat and made a
journey of about three hundred metres,
at an altitude of twenty-five metres
above the river, finishing by bringing
the machine gently on to the surface OF
the water. The programme of the ex-
pertinent was thus fully carried out.
This seems to mark q DISTINCT step
forward in the ''heayier than air" prob
lem.
For the purpose of scientifically ex-
ploring the atmosphere, Comte de Cas-
tillon de Saint-Victor made an ascent
Wednesday in his balloon, Centaure,
taking with him M; Joseph Jaubert,
director Of the municipal observatories
of Paris, and DR.. Jolly. At an altitude
of 9, 500 meters the minimum tempera-
ture of two deg, cent. (S6 deg Fab
renheit) was registered. The party
descended at Mareuil, near Vaux, at
half-past in the afternoon.
Otherwise aerastatic ascents were
made on 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 re-
garded as showing that the French
submarines and their crews are the best
in the world. Five submarines manoeu-
yered below the surface in eempaga-
ttively small area. six torpedo boats
being detailed to keep close watch.
The weather was fine and the sea par
ticularly clear, in spite of torpedo boats
failed to locate the submarines.
The result is all the mQrs satistaee'
tory as the the five submarines include
the Gustave Zede and the Gymnote,
two of the first built in France.