Show THE Count von on Zeppelins airship h has proven a success according to the No o oember ember Those ThOle who had the good fortune to be In or ne r Fried the little town lown on the Lako Laka 0 of Cone Constance lance on th the last day 0 of June Jun In Ih the year rear 1000 are likely to remember that and the two to succeeding days das to the end ot of their Ih lives says YI Gustav lAYering In that The inflation ot of the balloons was 8 su eu supervised by von un Sits feld ot of the Prussian Section ot of Military who hat had the assistance ot of two and two or of tile the Ik arIAn Section ot of Military Bal bonIng Is an old hind hand at having something UkI ISO ascents tnt to hi his relit credit It was wag about aboul eight when we saw the point ot of Ih the vessel mAke a 1 move moe then Ihn it II WU was drawn from Crom the shed and la lay In nil alt its lis length and t to 0 the gaze ue 0 of tho who had b Its In appearance Count von on Zeppelins airship a huge hURe elger point ed Cd It at both ends It is II made mad chiefly ot of aluminum Its length Is about aboul 41 feel The Tb diameter ot of Ih the cylinder is II IIO 40 O feet and the total depth of the structure tore ture tb the gondolas In which the are re to 10 SIt sit la Is rather more morethA thA tItan n SO feet The framework of at Ibl this huge hure cylinder clInder consist ot of aluminium hand twenty tour four In number The interior 0 of tile the clear I is divided hy by vertical ribs into Inlo seventeen compartments each 0 of which contains an Independent balloon made ot of I a which the manufacturer cola The making of these b balloons h has ben one ot of the dif which the Inventor and hits friends have bave halt had to 10 overcome the lint sorest was tl have taken place In Onto OIto bier r mt 1091 but bUI tim supplied did not rill OIl the required d conditions the trial of the airship bad to be poet Count von on Zeppelin rl insisted that the Ibe balloon should be capable 0 of retaining gas ll without appreciable hoes ter not lees 11 than two weeks In story ballooning two IWO days is II as A After r man many experiments a 1 material wu was In the Inborn labora ler tory or of Herr hen von on Duttenhofer the tho head 0 of the neat great German aerman powder tao tal tor tory which had the nea necessary uary tie and It I is worthy ot of mention that the ball CM no now used have hae retained hydrogen hydron Ira gas for tor five without sensible loss lOll The capacity 0 of the cigar I is cu cubic hie bic m meters The Th ca gas 1 II as brought to 10 the slot compressed In steel about aboul 2000 0 of which were werl requIred to 10 till the tbt balloons balloon The exterior ii covered with a 1 pro protective surface ot of and ilk lIk the upper portion being 0 of the former and the lower portion being ot of the latter Tile The total weight ot of the Ship hiP IncludIng its cr crew is II estimated not to 10 exceed lbs but It is Ii not expected that It will ever reach this figure In actuel work Four screws crews or propellers attached to 10 the lid sides liS of the cigar are Arf actuated by two Daintier Daimler motors 0 of 1 15 horsepower each and lire are capable ot of turning at the Ille rate of at 1260 1200 revolutions p per r minute The These propellers Ire are made with blades or of aluminIum The action ot of such luch pro on air not being well known to the inventor and his hili friends various experiment had to bl be carried oUt with lIh them One tit of these was to attach them 1 to 10 a boat rl resting on the water waler and Ind set t them In motion against the air In order to see Ie whether hether they would drive the boat boa I forwards and backwards In spite of the extra re of tb the water aler ThIs experiment was IM the boat e be eIng irig Ing driven its In either direction at the rate or of nearly ten teu mil miles an hour Con the difference In resistance It 08 estimated that Ihal the airship would be able to travel at t a I II I I I I I greater speed The steering apparatus con consists l le 0 of tour lour rudders connected In pairs One OM is In the Dart 0 of the ship one rudder abet 00 and one below on a vertical axle the oth r pair pain is Ie In position to the rear working In II a similar I 8 r manner These rudders are composed complIed ot of Pieces 0 of aluminium c connected by They work on air In the slime Sante manner as the rudder of a boat works on wilier water and Iho they can be controlled b by means ot of ota ofa a winch In the foremost gondola gondol One Pair turns In a direction to that thAI ot of the other paIr air thIs double ot of steering enabling the airship to small curves and increasing the navigability Underneath the cigar Is Q a running it II is III like a box hox In I and Its III object l is to 10 balance the Airship hen heni it II takes an oblique Position itt In descent It II is II like th tIne steer lug IlIg apparatus controlled from the front One object attained b by hating Inde IlIn eDI balloons will bs be obvious to onIt one olle Is damaged there I is no tear ot of disaster to the airship a the remaining balloons will lie be more intone than Ihan for tor sustainIng it II Another anti and ver very object is 18 so 80 apgar enl eat the gas 11 I not nol one ODe ml mass but bUI III strata rata I is formed with the lIghtest at the top loP Rut for tor dl di division vision blon It would be almost impossible for tor forthe the tho stilt 10 0 assume with safety a slop sloping In ing Position In there would In Cast be very great grat danger ot of III lt top toppling pling phing over Suddenly th spectators saw th the end enil ot of the airship swaying to sad and Ire tro and shortly afterwards afterward It was out 0 of It ita shed hed and nd the final preparations preparatioN were made madeWe madee We e heard the order Lot Los let It go o anti and amid indescribable the Ibe monster airship majestically rose above us Ul Wo We could hear bear the hoarse whirr ot of the and Sl see them flying r round Urn to the minute the airship 11 heading east eul but In obedience ne to the rudders It turned southwards southward rind anti went oft off In that Ihal at a ot of feet The huge hUle veisel 1 tie flew dl di dit t ith fiver the Ihl boot bOllt I was Wall on We saw the monster r turning and th that t way 11 In ce to th t r lI uI den dera and um J a slanting ps in hen the running 1111 RI Jet In o operation l ra II on we laW It df do t ta a comple circle and JO go front w test t t south and put east V We saw laW it II g higher then Ihen l sod so it II aa anav toward stadt fohl tail uti higher again and 1 e saw III It Ilm to tf th surface ot of t the h lake lak after atter hll hating Ing flown a 1 of miles |