Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-09-27
He SAYS WE
ARE TO FLY
Hiram Maxim Says 1t Will
Come Soon.
WILL PRODUCE MACHINE
AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS
But He Wants the British
Government to Put Up Mon
ey Necessary for Expert
mental Purposes,

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the celebrated inventor, is quite
convinced that we are going to Hy,
although he is Of the opinion that
the Fighter than air" method can~
not be the right one. He does not
predict aerial omnibuses or sky
cabs. This is what he said TO an
interviewer the other day.
"a balloon, in the very nature OF
things, is of less density than The
air, and that being so it has to be
much larger and very fragile. 1t
would be impossible to make balls
loon capable of being lowed
through the air by engine that
would be sufficiently light to float;
therefore. anything in the shape of
high speed in such conditions is
absolutely impossible. Everyone
of the balloons with engines and
propelers that have been con-
structed in this country have gone
up and acted simply like balloons;
they have foated IN the air and
have come down to be carted back
to their respective starting places.
DIRIGABLE BALLOON A FAILURE.
Il think Santos Dumont has
gone as far as it is possible to go
with dirigible balloons. He had
all the money he wanted, and is
himself skilled in the construction
of his machines: He also had the
assistance Of the best balloon ma
kers that France could provide. yet
he could not always come back to
his place Of departure. even in a
calm.
II am firmly convinced that
the time will come for the air to
ue navigated, and, mind you, it
will not be at very remote date.
by means of a machine that is
heavier than air. The exceeding
ly high-powered engines that are
the result Of the development of
the moter car business do an enor
nous amount CT work for their
weight, and it is possible to make
them yet lighter still, without any
loss of efficiency. Scientific men
for many years have said, "Give $
a motor light enough, yet suf-
ficiently strong, and we will navi>
gate the air. 1t appears to me
that the motor SO long awaited has
at last arrived, so that nothing
stands in the way Of construction
OF practical flying machine ex.
cept the question Of the est Of ex
periments.
with regard to the aeroplane,
am not at all welded to that sys
tenn, although 1 have carried out
numerous experiments with it.
have studied the question for {
great number of years with the as
sistance of one of the greatest math
ematicians in the world, and | an
now inclined to the belief there i
another and better way.
! II have been studying the move
J ments Of the wings of large birds
and find that these may be close
ly initiated, and that without an
levers, cans, conn citing rods or ar
ticulsted joints. In short, hav
. discovered a means of performin
the functions of the wings in a yer
simple and direct manner"
And your next flying machin
will be constructed on these prime
!, ples?'
II shall only tell you that al
experimenting still, and that / in
- tend to continue. | have spent a
enormous sum of money in thi
1 way, Up to three years ago, whe
i dropped my old theories an
L demonstrated anew. / bad 10,
IS 100000. In France and German
i the respective governments hay
4 advanced money for such exper
/ ments; all will say row is that
/ the English government will d
] likewise / will undertake that W
/ will soon have flying machine
i this country that shall he ahead
all others"