Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-25

covery-he had Z body Of THIS kinu
which was about ten feet high and ~
feet long. Il was composed OF l,5VV
OF these tetrahedral cells arranged
more closely together than ever In the
past. and yet Il flew successfully
While It was high up in the air fast.
ened by rope TO stake I'm the ground
Or Bell instructed one OF his men to
take hold OF the rope and run shor;
distance and then jump into the air
so that his photographers might take
a snap shot Of a man apparently ny
Ing. To his horror the kite carried the
man about forty feet from the ground,
and the picture showed flying ma
chine with man attached TO It's toll.
For a time the doctor was greatly
alarmed. and his alarm kept up until
the man reached the earth again.
INYENTING A PROPELLER.
In my talk with Dr. Bell he spoke OF
possible propellers for flying machines
saying:
THAT Is the question I shall now at
tempt TO solve. We have discovered the
unit out Of which the body Of our aerial
vehicle is to be made. We know that
IL will ifs and what we need now Is
something TO move il onward aud turn
II this Way or that when II has once
risen nom the ground You may re-
member that many of my experiments
have been uupn the water and that /
have constructed aerial vehicles which
would float and which when towei
along by boats, at a certain speed
would rise into the air and hy. ! shall
experiment I'm somewhat the same way
10 ascertain the best motive power TO
propel such codes through the air.
| do not expect to attempt 10 Invent
an entirely new motor but shall begin
with the best IL oar small commercial
motors and work with them We may
possibly use a bicycle motor at The
start; We shall attach this 10 boat
in such q way that the motor will work
I'm the air and be subject 10 the ordi-
nary aerial currents. We shall have q
framework built up above the boat. and
the motor will be- placed upon g. II viii
be made To move the boat along un-
der the same conditions that II is 90
move The flying machine along. So far
the experiments fer such motors have
been made within doors. where there
are no currents of Wind TO disturb them
aud where the conditions are different
from the outside We shan experiment
i1 the same way with our rudder. aud
II We find that We can produce salts
factory results in moving and steering
the boat we shall feel that We have
gone a long way toward the discovery OF
the proper motor TO be used when We
ascend from the water TO the air
WHEN WE SHALL FLY.
"Can you predict anything as to the
future OF the dying machine? when
win man be- able TO SUCCESSFULLY navi-
gate the airf"
Il can make no predictions as 10
that" replied the scientist we can
only say that We are making great
strides IN the direction OF aerial naviga-
ton. So far, all our discoveries have
been more or less experimental. |
know that | have ascertained the pc
culiar form In which all bodies TO be
maintained In the air should be- made.
] have. In short, discovered the unit OF
the flying body and | am now ready to
go on 10 experiment as 10 the mass
ing Of such units. | have given an or
der for 10000 tetrahedral cells TO be
sent 10 NY idupIdiolA al bduu'Nhs LUIS ]
will enable us 30 form almost any kind |
of structure or structures we wish
But have not great successes al |
ready been made In the line OF aerial |
night?"
Eyes. the Wright brothers OF Dayton !
are doing remarkable work They have |
covered a distance of "A miles In 80 min |
utes on an aeroplane moved by gas |
oline engine, and at the same time |
have carried 80 pounds Of pig iron as A
dead weight I'm addition TO their own |
weight. have not seen their machine, !
but there il no doubt but that II has |
flown successfully through the air
What do you think Of Walter Well |
mans plan for reaching the north !
pole?"
1T is one OF great risk. and the man /
is indeed daring TO make the attempt /
/ think he has chance /
Of success He presented his plans In ]