Show credit goas to maxim for idea in av Act atlon S Ill azlia li is bel bellied leed to he the first to proe thit a b dy heavier than then air could be b lifted by its it on motive po er ilia ills crude an ani i an pl I 1 machine acconio lashed the fen test la in july 1894 it was wa supplied sup ritt witt screw welt liing 13 pound each and measuring 17 feet 10 Ps over the tipe tips of tie tl e blades these were attached to a chaft that ran mt 1 I un an speed of 37 31 T a 8 minute pe ratel I 1 by a pair fit of mn coin tn engines ines sur survived Viled with from a combined boiler holler feed hinter aad and burner welli lne 1 pounds p and pm p vided nith 70 Js je the boiler bay ing a heating beating surface of about wa W feet the entire machine together tog ethe alth its full equipment nf of fuel water walet and iron fren weighed lees less 8 SOW 0 pound A writer in gassier Cass lers blaim lne rine in n IS hs H a mechanical structure the th machine Is unquestionably a amster riece of nork and it bas aft been sp p an pria tely described bv by nn eminent euel as net intention hut but a of inventions I 1 v kansas oty city r |