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Show A JLTIJIU BACHIMK. t .rrluieate Caailueied by frufcaaer Leuley. WAffiiiNUTtkN, May 11. The Aral publio aiatwment rt-aardniK tt lliug luacbln exHrinit nta ouLiiuled ly I'nf, Hamuel 1. bauley, the aecre larv of tha Huntbauuiau li el Mute, lor lumi in on tba paat waa made today with tbe authority oi lrui, ijanuiay, Tim wail ftnowu arianttai haa hi-en a Mlievr lu lha eventual prutlcal uie of air tablclna lor J(t and lor a Ion 14 jerlod he haa been maklUK ipail mtnta wllh a .lav ice nf hi own invt-u. tun bear Ofiatuan, Va. Much a racy ra-cy baa hvcri aitavned in thean triala of tbo L'rodrom, aud tbe little that Iraked out baa vx cited luleme luteteai amona aclantltte tbrnucbout the world. 1'iof. ban 8 ley haa alwaya bu very guarded About tha experiment, an 1 the account of bla ! alt el AtWinpia witu lha Hylnic inacnlnt, etuiOJt-d In the following- ataiemania pravaieU by l'rui. Aiexaiiuur Urauaiu 11-II. tbn well known Inventor, publlihed with tbe eaLCtlon ol l't l. Lai'Ky " bo of Kit at tut t-ioul In tba clontUli) moiUl , Kenerallj-; "Lett WednMdey, May flik, I wlt-ntaarJ wlt-ntaarJ a Trry reitiarkaule rxierlment with Pro'. Laugley'e antodrt-ine, on lite r.ilon ac river. InuHft, It eemaJ u um that the experiment waa of iuim bltoricml lrnertauc that It ehould be niale public. 'I ah uid not feel at liberty to alt a 1 aucounl r all detail, but the main facia 1 ., 1'rof. IvaoKlay'aconaenl f ir Klvlng you, aud they are aa ! low: l'h aerodrome or 'flrlna; rna-lilna' In quvatlun waa uf .eel, driven by a ttt'ftm oolite. "It latemtded an anorm ui blrJ, aoariea; in lha air with extreme ri-ulnrlty, ri-ulnrlty, tn lrK curvea, aweepnit Uadiiy upward In ft apliftl t hih, iru-aidrali iru-aidrali with a dlamelrr of i-erhtp loo yard-, until It reached ft u I . .I ol aixttt loo feat lo the ulr. "At tba und of a uureol aWou' hair a mil, wheii lha auam g4Ve 'u:, tti pr.ii nlieia wblon had iihitm tt ii rd, etidtbab, l' my m t:i r a rpr e. in Wbo.e, luitead if lUinbllnn 1 a n, ewt-tiej ewt-tiej na eliwiy and r':eJtl r ia.U poailble fnr any bird lo d louo u d ihr uatvrwuhtfut any umnut, ad waa Immedtaidly p'.raad t ut and rua iy in "A -fn-.Hj.t trial waalike t in flrnt, n-oepl n-oepl that lliti niachmea tntit In a dt:-fuiint dt:-fuiint dlnelii n, inovittK iu bw on tiuuuua Kerala aauirnt aa I', awu.ii around lu circha like ft kto.-I awarln; bird. At nun time It eaemeQ lo be In dnnrT, t lia ct.uine r-ir -d It t a lieiKhoorlug WOJcJeJ i rjmun ory, bill apprehenal 'D waa limned. atair nlliyed aaltiaraed lwimtliv ur llilryieit aiMivn tba top 01 t:ie biilnat tie itierr , and llHMi, rauendlrg atlll fullher, Iti lUnn fir. ally (five uut aw a 111 and it allied Into iho waleraof tharlvarn l jiiliapiartor of a mile Ifwiu tue point where li an-e. "No one mulJ have wltnraa"tl ltiea xpeilmei't wiihoul being cuvlncai ibaiihe racilrabnlty ol uif i-hauioal II gh'. bad befii demoiiatratrd." i'rof. liaulry aiao made publtd ft auiipieuieulil atatemeut, itivlnii turn iu.unaut Uaia regarding rucuul ex ei U.iLt-l "1 lie aerodrome, or flying machine, haa not gaa to lilt ltt at lu tbe oaae of a balloon, but, ou Ilia contrary, It la about one thouaaud time heavier, bulk for buik, lliau the ail on whluh It la made l run, aud which auttalna It tomeahat the way In wUlcu tbe lit I n Ice up one a awtfi akater. The pjwr la derlvou Irum a learn engine, Ihruuuu the meant of pMpellara, but owli.gtotbe ecaleou whicn tha actual fteruoruma la lullt, there haa teeu no coudeutln appaialua tu ua 111 water over aud uver. lnuugh can be c-trrle I iur only a very Mler lllghl, a dillU-ulty which due not belong to a larger machine ma-chine than lb praaent rxamule, in wtiich the auiiportlnp; aurfacea ere t ui about fourteen feet lumi tip to tip. 'I he dlalance from eaoh time waa abi-ui ball a mile, Tbe rate of paed dewnde (aa lu the caae nf auy Vehicle on lanu) on whether It la going on a luvel on up hill. luthecaae of tu!a Jaat trial, on May Oib, lha uunblna waa aaoeudlng, that I tu aay, It waa goiug up hill all th time, aud went tumugb a distance of one-half mile or moru In ou aud oue-ball minute, or at tbe rat ol a lit-tie lit-tie oiura tbau twenty uillee an hour." |