| Show ANOTHER FLYING MACHINE those who have constructed aerial flying jacb machines I 1 nee or are going to do so BO do not thin out very rapidly notwithstanding the utter absence cf anything even ediin suggestive of SUC CelaS eln in any of aih such co trl tri vances so far now cooler a man with a eky sky cycle with which he proposes to sail from his hia abiding place portland Port laud lama oregon down to the worlds fair and make it one of the attractions there it was invented by a brother or joaquin Mill miller erthe the poe tand Is ie in the possession sion i f fred T merrill of portland he was recen recently tv in chicago and lo 10 informed formed the tribune that arrangements for the manufacture of the new machines will be commenced as soon as a few minor changes have been made he pave gave a partial description athe machine refraining from minute details because the inventor has i ot of yet patented some parts on which he be la 18 now DOW experimenting with a view of reducing slightly the weight of the machine mr merrill said eald we have already used a heavy machine made of wood ascended thirty feet from the ground ridden yards made curves and described a circle of feet in diameter alighting safely the machine all of aluminum me intend to have weigh less than forty pounds and can reduce it to thirty pounds pound if we can get along with a lighter balance wheel than now used each machine will have a parachute attached to the handle bar which can be opened at will should the machine descend too rapidly in case of a breakage or if the rider should stop pedaling our intention is to ride but a short dirance di anoe above the ground that being determined by the nature of the country over which we are traveling and the strength of the wind currents encountered as well as their direction the apted apt ed it id expected the contrivance will make is truva from mirty to forty miles an hour and with the wind favorable it to is claimed th tb t atlease at least fitly miles can easily be made the machine to is propelled prop elied by the ordinary motion of the feet as with a bicycle on the ground gearing attached operates the wings and the steer ateer lug jug is by the handle which moves a fan tail or rudder beneath the machine hangs a owing jug balance weight to prevent the wind from turning the machine over and to give better steerage way the same as a centerboard center board la Is used in a sailboat to hold its course against the wind in starting a crane or other large bird which runs along on the ground a shot choit t distance using its wings at the same time then ri rising in the air la imitated the tAy t cycle will run on the land even with but a single wheel and at the same fame time the wings are set in nai all ail uther other machines ma chinee made for aerial navigation require either beeam or electricity lor for motive power and thus adding ma to the weight require a larger and more cumbersome machine this to is is dispensed with as the motive power la is furnished by the rider aud the machine is consequently much lighter than any uther other ever invented mr Merri fils description concludes as lol lowb the wings and rudder are steered or changed in position by the hands of the operator and he is left at perfect liberty to look over the country above which he is traveling simply keeping his feet in motion when high up in the air and d desirous e ot of sloping downward he can cea cease be pedaling and turn the wings in such a manner that thai with the momentum already mt aila ined he gracefully comes sailing down like a bird that stops fluttering and floats with extended wings perhaps the sky cycle will do all that is claimed fur it if but one would run a very small risk in saying at once anu with without tut hesitation that it will not aerial navigation is still an unsolved problem except to the beings which were created fur for that pur purpose poke |
