Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-12
cCPYNsHr. 1913 BY WaGHnT1AN N m Uu1rD STATS AND GRft1 BRITAIN .

count" conferred upon him, and that
this would remove all the barriers be-
tween Rositta and him. Their mar
rage would take place the day of the
trial fight. This fred 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 a 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 It supe-
rior to the Eagle.
And what is your motive powerf
I don't see any details In your plan
that would explain the wonderful
power that your devils Of the air pos
$685."
Santos cast a questioning glance at
Rositta. She nodded acquiescence,
and he began:
THE power, of course. is electricity.
! will try to explain things as simply
as they r The flight of the aero
dromone Is based on the fight of a
bird-not any bird. but the king Of the
air, the eagle. Size Of body, wings,
and balance are all considered. After
a long search and study, Napoleon Ed
ison found that nj 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 q long flight, and
proved that they had collected In their
feathers a surprisingly large quantity
Of atmosphericai electricity. The
feathers on the wings especially, serve
as collectors, and every little hairlike
feather adds to the supply.
when the bird begins to fy a regu-
lar magnetic is created. that has It's
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 flight, as the wings
are moved by the force Of the cleo
tricity; that is. they come together I'M
til the force Of the opposite magnetic
power forces them apart, and the rope
tition of this operation is called fight
THAT certainly sounds simple" mur
injured the chancellor.
Now take the aerodromone." con
tinued Santos. Through mechanical
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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 c~ontrivance that gave
the machine the appearance OF an
eagle. It was a large brass ball, GOV.
cred with q cirynith cap. Then he
pointed to a broad brass bar that ex-
tended over the entire top of the ma.
chine; that bar was like q 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, a lightning
flash was sent out, directed at the will
of the air a So long as the ma
chine was in motion there was always
plenty Of electricity In the collector,
ready tA be sent out to destruc
ton to anything.
Wonderful" sighed the count Il
know what those sparks mean, I have
seen them In action"
"The simple machinery that is built
into every aerodromone Is to control
the fight and to start the wings. On
account of the extreme simplicity oil
the mechanism and the tremendous
strength Of cirynith. the aerodromone
is. practically speaking, indestruc
tible."
"But how can one machine capture
the other, or even fight the other, un,
der these conditions 2" asked the count
a~nxiously.
There are two ways In which q ma,
chine may gain victory over the other
One is to disable the brain of the ma,
chine. that Is. the man behind the
wheel"
HOW can that be doneT' asked the
count eagerly.
"Ctrynith, as you know, is harder
than anything except the diamond. sc
/ believe II hard steel bullets were
made with diamond points they would
penetrate the comparatively thin shell
OF ctrynith that defends the airman
However, this Is only q theory. Ex
pertments must show the adyisability
Of their manufacture" qs.h .lilut4. Z
What Is the other wayf"
THAT 70 q certain method. and II
based OF the laws OF electricity thai
seem to govern aerial navigation"
What IL 1T. asked the count, impa
tisutiy. az Santos hesitated and hooked
ct Rcsftta.
at IL the same as when . boy takes
. piece Of amber or any other sub
mfan0a that oan ha m~aanattzad and