New-York tribune., 1908-09-14
MoNEYTODE DEFY GRAVITY
.T,,,entor Wants to Build Arship
Wh;ck Can't Foil If 1t Rises.

, MIN described himself as a think
~Iorg lines having TO do with aeronanuc science
" - s Yesterday that he had discovered secret
ei. -. nv which to defy the laws OF graVitadon-
way =. l.. -,ou,d not make public his secret, but
Ny I.,v concerning some of the general re-
falh0 - relieved could be attained by reason OF
- ad,scovery
bis ,- hts long felt inclination. Mr.. Levin will
.s,i-e his secret process for extracting power
h1st -. air by constructing new type of air
ship PROVIDED "o ~
cunt Of money
sinou- Isbin VII be different from anything yet
ne said '"The main trouble with sirships
knO" = has been that the earth pulls them down.
thus 70 .,agnet Ny idea is to build my airship so
hKe I'll he cut off from that downward pull
tnat ~. z,orld gives off. The moment my air
W1hCH = ,be ground IL will be free from that
snip - r - stay aloft which hitherto has been the
sUuee .. reayier-than-eir machines There my
conO ,,g NV aIrship will feel no inclination to
So .,.5 70 earth-the world cannot pull 1t down.
oes a, want it brought down. can do so. 1t
Ony L. ,,onse I have found out the secret that
Is sinip'e 20 do anything I want with my own air
ship ,,,..a 80 No 90 so,,th - s+raet
nj. .aid he would use ell the money he
- obtain 10 carry out his plan OF uplifting
nneL- ,-.5 bv reason of his discovery" He would
nalIA' = .s,5 10 make arrangements with some
pre- P+io society anywhere in the world rather
I, his plans the United States or any
nc. r,,,ernment, for the reason. he explained.
A 7ranted mankind ''benefcently benefited,
"- 1 see,roved by wars He is therefore holding
H ,,s which he says are nearly completed, to
in' - some kindly disposed organization with
-.o,sv which will help him carry out his life $
work. -,, -,
49, .rren-or Of the only airship that can make a
u ~ .-ound the earth without stopping once" ne
ID NV airship Will be able TO follow precisely
- ,,ssinary lire Of the equator without deviating
--ore than two or three feet
The figuring that he has done proves. he said.
.L+ hts sirship while maintaining definite and
-,olonged a cruise, viii travel not less than two
tund-ed and fifty miles hour
UTt will 20 as fast as I think-faster than a
,,o1s LOT of persons can think" Mr. Levin said.
s,eskjng Of the general good 10 be derived from
.ba 1se of his particular type OF flying machine,
= declared that humanity would soon reign in the
.f- as well as on sea and land His sirship VIII
h. according to 3Ir. Levin. unusually large
eoi- $40 feet high 500 feet wide and not less than
sn feet long or about four times longer than the
zsnneu wonder. 1t will be made Of Steel he said.
end will go In any direction easily, up and down.
sas+ west north, south or in a circumference
II is 10 have three engines OF a type not yet de-
c3ded upon of total capacity of 42eoo-horsePower-
Four thousand persons. also the large food ana
,,,,s- sunnlies required for uninterrupted fol-
,ou,inr of the equator, even though the trip be
,oa6e regardless Of any speed regulations and at
sneed hitherto unknown, will be easily earned III
~. car of his sirship Mr.. Levin said yesterday.