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Show CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR BALLOONS AND KITES WASHINGTON. April 26. A new device for controlling captive balloons and .box kites used by the signal corps of the army lias passed through the state of ex- Cerlmcnt. and a complete machine has oen shipped from here to Fort Omaha, Neb. The apparatus la really a large winch equipped with a steel cable and operated by a 45-horsc-powor air-cooled engine. A captive halloon attached to the cable could ascend and bo controlled hy tho machine on the ground, which Is powerful power-ful enough to bring it to earth safely In any sort of weather. Horotofore it has sometimes been necessary to deflate tho gas bags before they could be brought down. |