Show DESCRiPTION or Of NEW YORK YORE May fa 29 What mat What purports pur pur- ports to be bo complete descriptions of tho the Wright ht Brothers' Brothers successful aeroplane are published here bere this mornin morning The descriptions are taken from front drawings and descriptions filed with the French patent office when application was made for patents which the French government govern govern- ment issued in January last To tho partial description of the invention given by the tho Wrights themselves but butone butone one oue now new fact is advanced the plan by which the aviator is enabled to maintain main tam bin tain the equilibrium of the aeroplane despite sudden and variable air currents cur cur- rents This is accomplished by means of building tho the main u in planes in m three sections the center one ono of which is ri rigid id o tho the outer wings are so pivoted that ft k turn of a n. wheel at the operators operator's hand causes one win wing to lift slightly while the tho other is is correspondingly correspond correspond- in ly depressed thereby increasing the an anglo angle le of resistance in on ono one wing wing- and decreasing decreasing de de- de creasing it in the thc other the effect of which is to return tho the machine to an oven o keel To prevent a rotary movement bein being given iven to the machine by bj the tho action o othe of the tho air currents on the win wings s. s a fish fishtail fishtail fish fishtail tail tail rudder is set at tho rear of the them thern rn m machine chino which is conn connected by cables with a similar rudder on tho the front pf the tho machine by the tho manipulation of which the rotary rotary- movement ment is iR pre pro vented vente-d. A A. horizontal r rudder dd r is also fixed to tho front of the machine This is the only portion of tho machine machine ma ma- chine which is no not described by Orville Orvillo Wright who is quoted as follows Approximately toly it consists of a a. boxlike boxlike box box- like frame 60 tO O feet wide 70 feet Ion long and 7 n- n feet deep made of spruce an and ash At the center and top front is a n front rudder a feature which tho the Wrights introduced and which has proved superior to the old method of a arear arear arear rear rudder In tho the center centor to the rear is the tail tall of the machine approximately 12 feet in length l less ss than third one the tho len length h hof of those on French flyers a This consists in different models of ono one or two vertical vertical ver yer- cloth covered cloth covered frameS frameS' At At the rear balancing tho the machine and as ns near tho the center as possible are two propellers Below the fram framework work and toward the roar is a skid similar to the runners of sleds This is used for landing and nd differs diners in in this particular from the French machines which are arc aree e equipped with wheels wheelS' For a a. portion of 12 1 feet at each end the upper and aDd lo lower er framework is provided with a surface of strong cotton cloth In the center conter of the machine at the tho bottom is a small double wheel truck which running on a monorail is used while whilo tho the machine is is acquiring speed enough h to leave the ground The monorail monorail mono mono- rail is 18 easil easily movable in any direction Tho The Wright ht machine machino weighs hs about pounds and in iu addition to its own wei weight ht including a n. four cylinder motor of between 25 and hors 30 horsepower 30 ower devised devised de de- de and made ado b by the Wright ht brothers tho the machine can carry two men and fuel enough h to the machine three hundred hundred hun hun- dred ed miles mules It can cau carry enough h fuel with ono one man aboard to travel miles J |