Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12

the cirynith deposit there was very
rich. The Count Won Werdenstein
placed an unlimited account in the
bank to her credit. SO that she and
Santos could begin work at once.
The people of Kiss-Cell were sur
prised at the unusual activities dis
played by the. strange men imported.
Santos Duprel was very busy. He
had been Informed that after the sue
cessful completion OF the first aero
dromone he would have the title of
count" conferred upon him., and that
this would remove all the barriers be-
tween Rositta and him. Their mar.
riage would take place the day of the
trial flight. This fired his ambition.
and he worked hard and long. He was
allowed to plan as he wished, and one
day laid his blue prints before the
Count Won Werdenstein. He showed
him that larger and more powerful
aerodromone than Napoleon's would
be necessary; otherwise the design
and make would be unchanged. This
improvement in size would give more
motive power, and thus make 1t supe-
rior to the Eagle.
And what is your motive power? ?
don't see any details in your plan
that would explain the wonderful
power that your devils of the air DOS
sess."
Santos cast questioning glance at
Rositta. She nodded acquiescence.
and he began:
"The power, of course, is electricity.
I will try to explain things as simply
as they are. The flight of the aero.
dromone is based on the flight of a
bird-not any bird, but the king of the
afr. the eagle. Size of body, wings,
and balance are all considered. After
long search and study, Napoleon Ed
ison found that no muscle power could
have the endurance Of the eagle and a
few other birds that are able to cover
remarkably long distances in a very
short time. He closely examined liv-
ing birds, and took the homing pigeon,
for example, after long fight, and
proved that they had collected in their
feathers surprisingly large quantity
Of atmospherical electricity. The
feathers on the wings especially, serve
as collectors, and every little hairlike
feather adds to the supply.
when the bird begins to fly a regu-
lar magnetic is created, that has its
two poles at the two ends Of the wings.
One side is the negative and the other
the positive. From the moment this
electromagnetic state Is reached, all
the work the muscles are expected to
do is to direct the fight, as the wings
are moved by the force Of the ,elec-
tricity; that is, they come together un-
til the force of the opposite magnetic
power forces them apart, and the repe-
tition of this operation is called fight" I"
THAT certainly sounds simple" muir
INJURED the chancellor.
Now take the aerodromone," con-
tinued Santos. Though mechanical
inventions, and cirynith, we have i'm
proved the birds method of flight. The
improvement is in the storing away of
unused magnetism. The more quickly
we fly, the more magnetism is gath
cred by the machine" Santos pointed
to the front part of the machine on the
blueprint, calling the chancellor's at
tention to the contrl,ance that gave
the machine the appearance Of an
eagle. 1t was a large brass ball, COW
cred with cirynith cap. Then he
pointed to broad brass bar that ex-
tended over the entire top Of the ma
chine; that bar was like a round
brush, and its duty was to gather in
every little spark Of electricity, and
store 1t in the brass collector. When
the insulation was broken, lightning
flash was sent out, directed at the will
OF the air man. So long as the ma
chine was In motion there was always
plenty Of electricity in the collector,
ready to be sent out to cause destruc-
ton to anything.
Wonderful! sighed the count. IT
know what those sparks mean, I have
seen them In action"
The simple machinery that is built