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Show Hit aiu mm'. No praeeul tublwl of In luttrlal aud iclaolirjo dliouialoa aiolitio m'jra lutar-eat lutar-eat In tba publlo nilud or poaae.eta more chario for Iba luvaitlgaior than lha navigation of lha upper da. In other worda, lha oonatruollan 0' praotl-1 cal iblpa or other ooulrlvanoaa for rlt- nig auova ma eari n -a eurr.oi and Ira. varalug lha air. Tba Maxim air-ehlp hea been paihapa mora primluan. v brought 10 attention Ibaa any other, aud by reatou of tha fame of lu lo-vanlur lo-vanlur aa wall ai lha apparent oorreol-one oorreol-one uf lha prlnolplea Uion which bit Ideal are ue.ed,bl projeol hai bean regarded with muoh leaa Inurediniiy lhau la oommouly aaeoclalad wllb "flying macbluei'Mn lha mind of Ilia uninitiated. A new candid .la, however, how-ever, for publlo favor In thlt Hue baa aieoelta en-eereuoe, the Zepnalln air. hip, which aaarat lo poaaeea oouetruo-live oouetruo-live merlla above any other detlgnyet preeanlad. lha Hu I'aul I'louaer I'r.ea deaorlbea It aa having a olaar-ihaped b dy which oen ba pr illad, eo 11 It olaluuil, upward and duwnward, forward for-ward ur backward, lu right or lail, and which : ceab:eof be ng eafely uied In any atmoapharlo condition! liable to occur within three aud a ball rullei abova lha aurfera of tba aartb. II la ao buuyaut that II oau ba taken up !!U,II00 feel with bul Utile trouble. Nut mora than (,000 pouudi lu weight oiu ba carried by each veaaal ai a load, (.treat economy, bowevar, hai baen oierolied lu lha ar-rangrmtnl ar-rangrmtnl for gaa, aud II la calculated that lha ahip may remalu lu lha an fur urarly a wet k at a lluir, wllhuu; He being ntoeaaary lu raturu lo the lur.'aoa for ga, The power la furoln.id 1 y n keroaena uulur made ol aluminum, alumi-num, ur an alioy ul Ibal metal, aud to Mcoly It lha motive power calculated ibal there 11 vi-ry little wait in pro pulalou. Tna laul that a certain aiuouot uf buoyant gat li ilored wltliin tha frame work of lha luaublue uou- lltuteia drawback lulu laraa It lu-oreaaee lu-oreaaee lha Uoieudcuce of tha ooad.tf lor uf lha Hi 1 1' on leiruitrlil iut pile.; If an air iblp tliouhl be oomtruottd which waa tum.'ltntly praoli-cal praoli-cal aud aeivlui-ablu to Jutllly Hie ealebl.ihuieut uf a tran.it t;a. ttiltl, wllb aupply alatlom al lutrivala, Iheutauf byurugeu gaa would nut be a great dliadvante..; but for a lung urlea ut elirioiaola II uillll uecrtaan-ly uecrtaan-ly beau. Tue pupular Idea of an an ahlp It a machine lu which Ijng voy-egee voy-egee may ba made lu uow ti-gloua, and It abould be tolerably ludeLaudoul ot any acceaaorlei eaoapllng audi uivunanluai ooei ai uilght he auppllt-. atauyiia.aiu a vojaa, without n-aort n-aort tu lha ilartlng point or to a tpaolal do, ot ul tUi;llet. Nevotlhele,a, tin Zi-pprlln, It all lhat It claimed lor It It true, It the Aril auc-uaaaiul ell-prup-Hug a. rial mat-blue complete;, Th oieoliauloal Uevloe once luoutittully iceted, It li not too much to hope thai It will ba poeilbla 10 eliminate I la baboon feature of Hi 0 jniiruttion. Tha oloie of lha century ought lo w in", a Hue lui-ce'tful lollltlon ol Iba probltm ot aerial navigation, which la no Inuger regarded aa cblmerloal, bul rather aa an Imminent probability. |