The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-02-15
hIRSHIp A La TURBINE
Ferryboat Pilot Believes He Has
Devised Practical Craft.
EAGER TO TAKE NORTH POLE TRIP

Captain James A. Clinton Of Brook
Iyn Is willing to Take His Six Lit
tie Children on Test Voyage.
Turbine PrOpeIIers Important Fac
tors of the Machine
ty-five years pilot in and around
New York, is confident that he has
solved the secret of a practicable air
ship, says the New York World. To
prove it he is willing to take the air
route to the north pole, guiding his own
craft and taking his six little children
as passengers.
A propeller driven by a turbine and
capable of either raising or lowering
the airship is one Of the secrets Of the
Clinton craft. Another is the driving
propeller, which forces air against the
rudder in manner which enables the
ship to be always under control Of the
navigator, independent OF contending
air currents, which have proved the
undDing of other airships.
0l1AlOl SCCSiICO III lou q
patent on his turbine device, which he
will install in his airship. He has now
applied for letters patent on the COM
pleted ship.
1t is a dirigible craft, sustained by
a cigar shaped balloon eighty feet long
and about twelve feet at the central
diameter The balloon will be con-
- Ill o;I " irysd fotO
compartments so that a puncture OF
the covering will affect only one COM
partment The balloon will be infat-
ed at the will of the navigator from a
source of supply installed in the sus-
pended car.
A gasoline engine of about two horse
power will compress air, which in turn
will drive the turbines that revolye the
propellers. The car for carrying the
engine, turbines and passengers is sus-
pended by guys from the balloon. This
car with it's contents will weigh about
250 pounds.
The raising and lowering propeller,
with blades eleven feet from tip to tip,
will be placed in the center Of the car.
The driving propeller, Of the same d.
mansions as the other, is placed at tie
rear of the car.
Captain Clinton estimates that he can
drive his ship about fifteen miles an
hour against ten knot wind, or thirty
miles an hour under normal conditions
In case of accident to the gasoline eIs
CINE it can he disconnected and hand
device used. Manual power will easily
work the turbine wheels.
Captain Clinton lives at 8 Poplar
street, Brooklyn. He has been for
many years pilot on the Pennsylvania
railroads annex ferry boats.
II have worked on my airship for
nineteen years." Captain Clinton said
the other day II believe now have it
perfected. | have invented it on an en-
tirely new principle. Of air navigation.
The same barriers found In air naviga-
ton are those present in water nayiga-
ton, except that in the air one must
contend with forces assailing from
every direction. AS long as its alu-
minimum, iron and silk hold out the ship
will find it's way all over the earth and
against all winds, and never higher
than at a safe distance.
81 am experienced in the United
States geological survey and have not
the least doubt of what | have invent
ed and patented. i would like a chance
to prove, as l believe can do, that at
least one American knows more about
airships than any Frenchman who ever
tried his hand at the work"
CAPTAIN Clinton is seeking capital to
build his airship.