Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-25
Funny Aeronautic Inventions.


pended below there extends long
. hollow outrigger. at the business end
Of which is attached Il metallic bemi-
spherical cup, like that of an exag
gerated thermometer. The aeronaut
feeds into the tube Of the outrigger
explosive bombs of dynamite, gum
cotton ar giant powder, which are
exploded when they reach the cup;
the feehil frem the explosion kicks
the invention forward at a rate CONT
nenSurate with the size of the bomb.
One who has seen a kentucky mule
push careless persons off into eternity
can readily understand the workings
/ of this engine.
A genius from GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
would fly by ineasing himself in II
rubber suit, much like that of a diver.
to which are attached hollow wings
flied with liquid air. The release of
the air through Waived vents down
ward and backward propels him up
ward and forward. There are no eye
holes in the casing but" naively re-
marks the inventor. the air pressure
frem without will enable the aeronaut
to determine his direction" which is
rather vague sort of compass.
ffGEI r 81 'OiiitS I-N'hpid w hlii
with a patented scheme for living by
means IF eagles, vultures or con-
doris" True To the instincts of his ma
tive city, he fits out his birds with
"corsets," the specifications of which
as 10 trimmings. bindings. etc, are
carefully set out. BY = strange over
sight for one bred in the city of fash
ions he fails to state what is the latest
mode of wearing the feathers on lis
motors. With wise ferethonght he
has provided for two aeronauts. one
on top among the birds and the other
below to steer the craft. This is SEN
sible; man busy prodding up dozen
uncouth and bewildered condors
wouldn't have much time for steering,
z. SZantmiklosy, from Budapest,
Hungary, has patented a bird driven
airship. but limits his motors TO
ducks; why ducks is not set forth. 1t
is clear. however. that when the aero
naut gets hungry on extended fights
he can eat his engines.
Chicago contributes a combination
balloon hotel boat airship with bay
windows and balconies in the body of
the building, "eminently adapted for
FIXING through the air or navigating
the water saith the patent 1t has
q huli-shaped body and the vessel can
go from air to water and from water
TO air without disturbing the poker
game in the smoking room.
But woman from Brooklyn goes
the Chicago man one better. If some
night the lonely wasfarer is startled
by the appearance of huge, noude-
script bird that alghts in the road
way and goes steepleehasing cross
country with a barney Oldfield speed
until II reaches a nearby lake, over
which it rapidly skins, until. landing
en- the further shore. it rises into the
air again and disappears over the
horizon with parting firt of its tail.
let not that wayfarer hasten to the
nearest parsonage and sign the pledge.
The bird he has seen Is real, for it
is only the woman from Brooklyn tax
ing an after-dinner spin in her newest
inventiorsA q ship that can make a
lightning change into boat. aeroplane
or automobile, with a rapidity that
would arouse the envy of a vaudeville
artist.
g This craft is operated by wings. and
With an esthetic taste characteristic
of Breoflynites she has fastened
thar' on realistic figures Of birds.
Rrifhns. angels and Uncle Sam" which
stand around the caves OF the ship.
ito render the machine attractive as
she stated in her application
Oklahoma city. to show that the
newest state is also in the running,
sends a sort of Venetian blind, the
slats 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 n patent lately
obtained by man from that city, has
added feathers to these Stats. wheth-
ser TO aid in the flight or Ito render
the machine moro attractive" the pat
ent does not state
Indeed. there seems to be an cpl
denic of airship bugs in Brooklyn.
Still third flying machine has re-
Gently been patented by an imagiu-
alive nan = shat town. This one
stands up IN his If Won want to fly
in II Nou pl3nt your feet firmly upon
the platform. grasp the jointed rods
that run from this to the wings over
bead work them brislkly back aud
forth SO rs to flap the wings. and there
YOU are-yet, Patent office experts
estimate that it would take 40-tool
power to lift this appliance from the
ground.
II am much in favor of erecting
launching platform on top OF the pat
ent office here" said an oyerworked
Examiner in the airship section.
Then before we accepted an appticii-
ton for patent on a flying machine,
oDnlpel the inventor 10 go on the root.
launch himself out into the air and
try flight across Seventh street and
lack. Ii he returns. then accept his
application This would save us a lot
of useless work and make business
brisk for the coroner"
one man, though halling from Corn
planter Pa. has nothing Of the hay
seed about his plan to run the pas
seneer trains out of business by
means OF an overhead rail on which
runs grooved wheel. From this the
would-be traveller suspends himself
and gets along by means Of wings at
tar he'd to his hands and feet. There
is steering tail fastened betweefl
his shoulder blades. whereby he can