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ItS,1II*CIs now working on tin* theory of win#propeller*. Tin* ship is constructed on a frame similar to the shape or thetleek of a boat, nn tup of the frame I* placer! an electric motorwhich propel Is four wings which make i he s» rokc like a bird, catch I In*ait and hear the vessel in the atomsitI sItf*Hr-dphore. Above the whole is a covet joysimilar to t lie canopy top of a buggy which is used as an aerial plain, andin case of any accident, lets the ship descend like a parachute Hangingbelow the frame,below t lie machinery,twis a car, built like a boat, which willfloat the machine in case it lights in ani water.wilt;*♦it\ ftcr all his study, Mr. Ilrlnton hasconcluded that the only successful ship must be propelled by WIns, liehas studied all the late improvementsas given in the magu/.ines, and Mudsthe most suecesfitwllivehave used some sort id a fan, andconcluded I hat the nearer a lord'suustlhrfrlwing can be invented, the more assurance there will he of success inyoiatcmua vigat ing I lie air.M r.Ibiuiouhas*in»Iot herIt**■IInvention Improvedis a frame which (its the hack of a bicycle rider and saves tin* trouble ofhandle-bars. The rider can lean hack-t ralght In t his frame, and by the swaying of the body, guides the wheel. He now has this seat arranged so thatt here is lit tie dilllculty in mounting.Heretofore the frame was in the way of the lider when mounting thewheel. Now lie has it sotinit itr t Inthat the back will fold up to tin rider's back after In* has mounted.Si ill another t heory Is receiving the attention of tin Inventor, He he-lievo that a round body will move ofit nowu accord wben ext lemeheat is up-I jjplied on one side and extreme cold onthe oilier. To prove this he places aslick about 12 feet long in a rim of awheel. At one end of the stick lieapplies cold and at the other heatr t ^wheel, he says, will then turnonce around in an houi.*******(iun Club.The Washington llod anil («un Club Ii i « i / tall / a tv » x lt;. r i ■ • k « k * i » ^^1
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 17, 1897
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