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Show 'P. B. Gillett Has Machine Which Gives Promise of Making Its Mark. . GAS USED AS AUXILIARV j TO PRINCIPLES OF PLANE ! Coni)any May lie Organized to Build Ship ifor International H: Competition. tfl; Twenty years ago P. E. GilleLt of No. Hi ' GJ2 South Seventh East, boeau to give H1 eriou& attention to aeronautics. At j that timo Mr. Gillotl lived in San H; Yanc.isco. lie made a drawing- and Hj then he made a little model, The model c was a. combination of gas bag and l aeroplane. Then ho .made another l model and then a third. Tho third was j oighi feet long and was provided wii.U H; si cam power, tho contlousci: typo of en- Hi gino being it6od. That, was1 in tho days Hj -when the gasoline engine was in its H infancy and when electric storage bat- H: Urios 'were not what, t hoy arc today. - Mr. Gillett showed his model in Call-l Call-l foniia. Tt worked perfectly. Tho San Francisco papers described it fully and various article:; in the newspapers eaiiHed no Iitllo interest lo be. taken in tho Gillett Hying machine. Since I lt:if. time Mr. Oillett; has been working incessantly on plans for a more K modern (vpe. although ri machine that K si ill retains the principles on which he built, his earlier models. On Tuesdav afternoon, in the Mor-j Mor-j chants' bank" Mr. Gillett gave an ex- planat.iou of bis drawings. A number HL of interested persons were present, and B all of thorn seemed to be convinced Hfl tI,af' Gillett bad a machine Hint c;m fly, H; and that it can fly just a little better Hi than anything thus far attempted. May 'Organize Company. B The demonstration Tuesday was the jlrst step looking towards the organi-H organi-H "at ion of a company if some individual Hf does not step in (irst and take up Mr. H: Cillett s machine, have one niniiu- fncl.nrod and enter it in flying machine H; competitions. If the company is or- H' unitized the capital stock will bo not H.' loss than SCo.OOO, probably more. H- Mr' Gillelt wants to get action on Hl his proposition right soon, as he. is desirous of having his machine built ft and thoroughly tested before the next. H international competition comes of)". K "T am sure 1 would take some prize?.' ha id Mr. GilJelt, 'because I B ani satisfied t.hal my machine is de- B signed on principles that the others B have not Mr. Gillett has made application for H patents on live different pieces of mcch B auism in his machine. K Balloon Idea ModLffod. H Since it has become so thoroughly B demonstrated by Paulhan, 7"nrniau. f'ur- H: ti'ss and the "Wrights that, the conqueror K of Ihn air does nql need a gas bag as ' B big as a city block to keep him and his B machine hi tho air. Mr. Gillett has H' modified his ideas about the use of B; gas very materially He still employs I gas, out oniy as an auxiliary, so io .speak, and has no gas bag whatever. I Tho gas bag has been found to offer rrsUtauce that is fatal to successful air j.avip-ition. litis resistance being ob- ! a in led to the last degree by the aero- I plane, i There i- enough gas in "Mr. Gillctt's ! ship. b6wever. to help its buoyancy to no mean extent, but gas Ts not by any ! means wholly depended ou for lifting power, for there are five propellers for this purpose., as well as for driving pur- ! poses. Gillett Plan Differout. i Mr. Gillctt's plan for air' navigation ' is different. His proposed machine eou- ; sisls of two air planes, each eight feet wide and ten or fifteen feet long. These I planes are built of alnminum sheets, or ! of one sheet, of aluminum and a sheet. of oiled silk. At. the odge'i the plaies 01' silk and plates are joined together. I but in the' middle there is a space of j about six inches. This vacuum is to ! be tilled with hydrogeu gas, the gas J having the greatest power of buoynr.cy I known to science. Iu addition (to the gas contained in thfjse plnnes, ali'of the. : larger parts of the machine will be ! built, hollow and those spaces also J tilled with gas. The proposition is to supply the mo- ; live power for the airship with a gaso- i line eugiue of tifty-horso power, to bo stationed in the forward part of the machine. The operator, who is seated in the rear portion, will, by his weight, j counteract the weight of' the engine, ! thiiH producing a balance. ' ;. Moro Lifting Power. ! Jtie of the thing: thai, will help lo j keep Gillett, 's airship up will bo re- ! volving conelike propellers at. the side of the machine. These will create a I groat suction upward, and upon the excess of air thus produced will rise j and fall two large parachute wings. The 6 effect of the air under tho wings and i the nc.f.iou,of the wings themselves will jj be closer to the bird than anything heretofore attempted. , P The eutire system of machincn- will be driven by one, great wheel. " This has cogs on the outside for driving the parachute wings, bevel cogs on the. side for driving the two propellers in the U Tour and the ono in front, and an iii- H teriov set. of cogs to drive the cone propellers at the sides. I The propeller in front is a regular I propeller, only its aclioiu is reversed, I so that if. pulls rather than pushes. The U two propellers in the rear nro operated by a double-knuckle fhtift, and mnv I be, through this arrangement, placed. 1 in any position. A guide in front acts I like tho head of a bird and a rudder I in the rear performs the functions of a t rudder on a ship.- I Tt is estimated that one of the shjps I be built and equipped fnr?l 0,000, TWO SPECIAL WATCHMEN UNDER ASSAULT CHARGE Alter hoatinp up TCdw:ml Claucen, who went to the hew l.'lah hole! stnicturo Tuesday afternoon ;md .inquired for work. J. R. Evans and -T, M. Batton, who told the polhe they were employed in the vicinity of the .structure at? special watchmen, were arrested, talceu to the. police station and charged with earryinf,-conccalcd earryinf,-conccalcd weapons. Both men were later released upon furnishing 5"J0 hall. Clausen told tho police that ' he had pono to the new structure to make inquiries' in-quiries' for work, and after belng unable un-able to find tho man in 'chaise, had dimtjed up on the fence surroundlncr the excavation and caller 0 one. 0f' the watchmen, who cursed hiin and told iiim to pet off tho fence. j Clausen said that he had not had time to set down hefore Batton ran up and struck him In the face. Button is I lien paid to have run outside of tho .structure and apatn attacked Clausen, after which he grappled with the watchmen and was he grappled with the watchman and was when ISvana. another watchman, jyin'un and joined in. By that time, a number of porsons had run forward and at- i tempted to separate the men, whereupon Evans' Is said to have drawn his revolver and threatened to shoot anyone who Into In-to rfercd. The police wprc summoned and took the throe men to the station. Thomas K. L-loyd. residing at ".'!" West Klrst .South street, and T. W. Chalhurn of ."I" Pouth Sixth Kasl. street, went to the police .station and gave their .names aud addresws ua persons who h;id wil- ucssed the assault upon Clausen. |