The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-10-13

lly lbdl Wouu dIOuSe luS envy Ol NauueNlle
artist.
This craft is operated by wings, and with an
aesthetic taste characteristic of Brooklynites she
has fastened them realistic figures of birds,
grifons angels and Uncle Sam," which stanu
around the caves of the ship, ito render the
machine attractive as she stated in her appli'
catino.
Oklahoma City, to show that the newest state
Is also in the running, sends sort OF Venetian
blind, the Stats of which, being moved back and
forth by the aeronaut, cause him to rise swiftly
in the air and sail away TO far-off lands. But
Brooklyn. bent on Improvement. in a patent lately
obtained by a man from that city, has added
feathers to these STATS whether to aid I'm the
flight Ito render the machine more attractive"
the patent does not state
Indeed. there seems TO be epidemic OF air.
ship bugs in Brooklyn, doubtless escaped from
Mineoa. Still third flying machine has recently
been patented by imaginative of that
town. This one stands up In his II you want TO
fly in 1t, you plant your feet firmly upon the plat
form, grasp the jointed rods that run from this
to the wings overhead work them briskly back
and forth to flap the wings, and there you
are-yet! Patent office experts estimate that ii
would take forty foolpower to lift this appliance
from the ground.
A st. Louis invention closely resembles
clothes pin with the operator sitting between the
forks. Where the head of the pin would be is sci
the electric dynamo showing a contemptuous dis
regard for the laws of gravtation. The machine
is moved by the tapping of wings, which are
built on the plan of the cellar door of childhood
There is something really unique in the paten,
obtained by Cleveland man. The device con
sists of cigar shaped gasbag, much like that In
the Baldwin or Zeppelin arshp. Around 1t, from
stem to stern, runs spiral I'm or like the
threads screw. The aeronaut sits on
saddle suspended below. When the machine
rises into the air he propels himself by operating
a pedal which revolves the gasbag. The fin OF
vane thus revolved bores itself through the air
like the propeller of ordinary aeropane. This
inventor carries along sort of aerial bathing
suit with auxiliary flying attachment. whereby he
may disport himself in the great air ocean above
No gainsay the foresight OF the "im
provement in airships" made by a resident o
Hot Springs, Ark. The first claim in his patent
is that his balloon is constructed that IL Il
bursts the bagging will nest in the rigging above
and form a parachute whereby the aeronaut may
descend safely to the earth" This is commended
to anxious mothers whose small boys have the
airshp bug.
A Boston inventor uphods the reputation OF
that town for erudit!on by prefacing his appca
ton for patent with learned discourse the
fact that heated air rises
But" he continues, disaster frequently oc
ours through the of oiled silk or other fragil,
inhammabe material a receptacle for suci
air In balloons and airships" He remedies this
by substituting therefor large cylinder of some
light metal. preferably aluminium" his specifi
cations state. Immediately beneath this cylinder
is placed a cozy furnace. The man who wants tC
his name In the paper gets out of bed anC
builds fire In this furnace This heats the all
in the aluminium cylinder the heated air rises
taking along cylinder furnace and man, and away
they go! This principle, according to paten
Office man, explains why many boilers go up with
furnace and engineer.
An Omaha, Neb.. shows western predi
fpr Rraa hv trtp nipy fba ~
airshp with cartridges. When these are exploded
in succession he expects to be driven through tn,
air to his destination with neatness and dispatch
the exploding cartridges lending homelike ali
to the surroundings. When his cartridges are
expended he loads her up again as one would th'
chambers of revolver.
With so many bizarre arshps in embryo II
her midst, Washington had to take a hand. Th,
man Of the capital goes one better than the Ar
kansas inventor mentioned who turns his bust
ed" balloon into a parachute. This mans air
ship when 1t blows up he gets tired OF sailin.
among the clouds balloonwise turns itself into al
aeroplane without the slightest effort When tn,
gas is out of the bag the thing is done. He car
ries a gas generator board that when h'
wants little more ballooning he can fill II VI
again.
This ship also has hotel attachment will
twelve rooms-n the drawings. 1t is propelled
by kiud OF Archimedes screw propeller which
he has been thoughtful enough to have "encaset
In aluminium housings" so that ladies' skirts will
not become entanged. He, too, provides all man
ner OF comforts on board each one painfully dc
tailed in the patent
These are but a few OF the freak patents
lately issued tor airships and aeroplanes but the
are enough to convince any inventor that II h,
wants to spring anything novel the peopl,
In the line OF handmade birds of burden he's go
to get up mighty early in the morning and worl
long there's light to see.