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Show 'INVEMION AND MPMEMNIf New Flying Machine Like Bird. To fly If not to "fleo hue a bird to tho mountains" nnd clsowhero Is tho ambition of two Englishmen who lmvo perfected n flying mnchlno built upon tho principles of a bird's wing nnd body. Tho wings nro nt present arranged to flap luo times a minute, which Is of courso considerably less than proportionately corresponding to tho Increased horso-power. Tho machine has been suspended from n treo hough nnd tho wings flapper under power. Tho results are most promising. At each down stroke tho wholo machine, apart from tho carriage, weighing 232 pounds, Is lifted lift-ed bodily Into tho nlr anu forwards. It rises about two feet each stroke. It looks Just like a glgnntlc bird trying try-ing to fly under similar conditions. At tho prellmlnnry trial, already made, It would appear that tho wings nro cnpablo of ovoklng a resistance of about 100 pounds each, and tho mnchlno mn-chlno Is rnlsed nbout two feet each stroke, There aro grounds for believing believ-ing that a feathered wing mndo of n number of units can exert a greator reslstanco than a simple wing; such as that of tho Insect or bat typo, oi tho vnrlous simple mechanical wlngl which havo been hitherto used In wing (lapping machines. |